Mendelssohn Octet (Complete): Dover Quartet and Manhattan Chamber Players

Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)
Octet in Eb major, Op. 20 (1825)

I. Allegro moderato ma con fuoco (0:23)
II. Andante (15:05)
III. Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo (22:21)
IV. Presto (26:51)

Recorded live in performance on October 26, 2018 at the Crescent City Chamber Music Festival, St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church, New Orleans, LA.

Featuring Ensembles-in-Residence the Dover Quartet and the Manhattan Chamber Players:

Joel Link, Violin I
Bryan Lee, Violin II
Kristin Lee, Violin III
Brendan Speltz, Violin IV
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, Viola I
Luke Fleming, Viola II
Camden Shaw, Cello I
Andrew Janss, Cello II

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The Crescent City Chamber Music Festival (CCCMF) is an outreach/mission-centric festival presented by New Orleans native and Founding Artistic Director Luke Fleming in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded in 2016, CCCMF has forged partnerships with local organizations committed to bringing world class chamber music to the New Orleans community.

Over the course of CCCMF Festival Artists, Ensembles-in-Residence, and Special Guest Artists visit nursing homes, schools, churches, homeless shelters, mission sites, and other helping organizations in the Greater New Orleans area, providing exciting, interactive musical performances in 30 different locations in the city.
CCCMF also presents free public concerts in various New Orleans venues.

Ensembles-in-Residence have included the Dover Quartet, Escher String Quartet, Lysander Piano Trio, and the Manhattan Chamber Players.

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