The Metropolitan Orcgestra String players Mendelssohn Jenkins

After 8 long months, the principal string players of The Metropolitan Orchestra present afternoon of glorious music, performing Mendelssohn’s remarkable String Octet which was composed when he was just 16 years of age. From the almost minimalist unison textures of the work’s Scherzo, to the eight-part fugato of its Finale, Mendelssohn created a masterwork unlike…