Expressivo! Delivers Deep Emotion at Bard College – The Millbrook Independent

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Expressivo! Delivers Deep Emotion at Bard College – The Millbrook Independent

by Kevin T McEneaneyLast Sunday Expressivo! quartet at Bard College Olin Hall opened with Piano Quartet No.in C Minor (1821-22); written at the age of thirteen, this was Felix Mendelssohn’s first published composition (1823). Felix had performed his first public concert at the age of nine. At thirteen he had performed with the noted pianist Aloys Schmitt, although there was no pressure or expectation that he would become a professional musician,…