Wunderkind Felix

Description

For Robert Schumann, Mendelssohn, with his mastery of both piano and composition at such a young age, was the Mozart of the 19th century. With "Wunderkind Felix," an album of pieces that the young master wrote between the ages of fourteen and nineteen, conductor Patrick van der Linden and Ars Musica pay tribute to the early works of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Ars Musica presents an arrangement of the First Symphony for chamber orchestra, which explores the flexible orchestral writing of the young Mendelssohn's compositions. It is paired with another youthful work, his Symphony for Strings No. 10, and his Kyrie, performed by the Ars Musica Choir and Orchestra. Soprano Nanette Mans and the Ars Musica Choir join the orchestra for the cantata "Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten" and the hymn "Ave maris stella," both written in 1828 when he was only nineteen years old.