Laguna Beach Music Festival Mendelssohn Octet

The anniversary celebration continues with festival favorites Angella Ahn and Aubree Oliverson, joined by an exceptional roster of guest artists for an evening highlighted by Felix Mendelssohn’s radiant String Octet, Op. 20. Composed in 1825 when Mendelssohn was just 16 years old, this astonishing masterpiece brims with youthful brilliance and was shaped by the literary influence of Goethe, whom Mendelssohn befriended as a young prodigy.

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Mendelssohn: String Octet, Op. 20