We revisit host Robin Young's conversation with musical blogger Fran Hoepfner (@franhoepfner) about Felix Mendelssohn's "Italian" symphony from last November. This segment aired on July 24, 2019.

With classical statues, red carpeting, golden lighting, and beautiful architecture, the Boston Symphony Orchestra performed against a setting of grandeur last weekend, amplified by the buzzing energy ...

The Mendelssohn String symphonies have been fairly well served on record, both quantitatively and quality-wise[1], but ultimately they never quite sounded like youthful Mendelssohnian masterworks but, ...

The New West Symphony will present music by Johannes Brahms, Maurice Ravel and Felix Mendelssohn - plus a world premiere from Los Angeles-based composer Derrick Skye - on October 5 in Thousand Oaks ...