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Mendelssohn’s Octet
October 1, 2017 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
$40 – $106
Full to the brim with infectious vitality, Mendelssohn’s Octet is one of the true life-affirming pinnacles of Western music. Practically inventing the genre of a work for eight strings, the work of the 16-year-old child genius has never been bettered.
Join Melbourne Chamber Orchestra’s flagship chamber ensemble for a performance of Mendelssohn’s octet, matched with Brahms’ tender Sextet No 1 and a new octet by contemporary classical British composer Douglas Weiland.
WEILAND
Winterreise for string octet
MENDELSSOHN
Octet in E flat major Op 20.
BRAHMS
Sextet No 1 in B flat major Op 18
Musicians of Australian Octet