Mendelssohn: String Symphonies Nos. 7, 9 & 12

Featuring

Frieder Bernius
Accademia d'archi Bolzano
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

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Compositional Technique

Mendelssohn's string symphonies show the influence of Johann Sebastian Bach, whose works he studied at the Berlin Singakademie, by incorporating sections of strict counterpoint.

Performer Biography

Frieder Bernius has received numerous international awards, including the City of Leipzig Bach Prize in 2009, and has nearly 100 CDs to his name, 40 of which have won international accolades.

Performer Biography

The Bolzano String Academy, established in 1987, is primarily composed of South Tyrolean musicians with extensive chamber and orchestral experience, who also mentor young artists.

Performer Biography

Frieder Bernius, the conductor on this album, has a strong connection to the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Jan Dismas Zelenka, and Johann Adolph Hasse, all of whom were 'court composers' to Augustus the Strong.

Composer Biography

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born Felix Mendelssohn, had his baptismal names Jakob Ludwig prepended and 'Bartholdy' appended to his surname after his family's move to Berlin and Protestant baptism.

Composition History

Before his five 'great' symphonies, Mendelssohn, as a child prodigy, composed twelve numbered instrumental works, also titled symphonies, between 1821 and 1823, primarily for domestic music-making.

Composition History

The young Mendelssohn's early symphonies, later called 'string symphonies' due to their scoring, were written as compositional exercises and for private performances at his family's summerhouse.