Mendelssohn Octet in E Flat Major, Op. 20

[sirjuandabicho]

Gracias por compartirlo.

[britandveg]

Excellent interpretation! I adore hearing a wonderful performance of Mendelssohn any chance I get!!! Congratulations to you all!

[Epictetus2012]

As someone who is familiar with SSMF... I can tell you that they only had four 1 hour rehearsals to put this together. So you can point out all you want that this could use additional coaching, Not polished enough, etc... but for the amount of time available from also playing in a second chamber group, orchestra, master classes and lesson material... it sounds pretty good.

[koreanmonkey13]

thats sound really good

[tedgoh]

its all too loud.. no dynamics

[hismindkills]

That first cellist needs to learn when to back off and blend versus being the soloist.

[krazykesser]

I know the girl violinist (Raquel Villagra). She has a serious superiority complex and is one of the most socially awkward people I have ever met.

[yooo6706]

@krazykesser ok....and?.....im pretty sure more than half the people wanted to listen and watch this be performed...not have somebody state something personal about a singular being in the video

[iceessence09]

Its alright......with more coaching this could be amazing!

[sbailey03]

absaloutely excellent

[tarantellaonline]

Nice try. A wonderful piece by a child prodigy. The correct balance in live performance is very demanding. The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra used to record it in string orchestra format.

[cellovid]

"nice try"... hmmm.... let's see... fewer classical radio stations, fewer meaningful classical recordings (just google it for references); doesn't that translate to fewer jobs for professional classical musicians? Yet here are these youngsters, not prodigies perhaps, but kids who love this music enough to pull off a very nice performance and all you can say is "nice try?" I say lovely job, a pleasure to listen to, and you sir, may take a long run off a short pier.

[jabsomdoc]

hey i played this as a kid once. these guys are pretty darn good.

[tarantellaonline]

I played the cello since 8. Learnt this one with Alexander Schneider directly over a month in 1981. I played both cello parts and conducted the string orchestra version of it. Listen to the top pros of these days. Listen to DG Emerson Quartet recorded in double of their own !! You will be convinced there are a lot of room for improvement.

[nostradamusguy]

Your quite an arrogant prick (tarantellaonline), you realize. Excellent performance, the passion shows. Not prodigious, yet still masterful.

[iceessence09]

Im with tarantellaonline on this one. And since when has the musical world ever cared about age over musical quality? I must say, there are MILLIONS of "youngsters" who love and could play this song. This just another group.

[HURLEYP]

Idiots that consistently refer to works by classical composers as "songs" immediately grind to a credibility halt.

Songs require lyrics - you turkey!

And yes....I think this is a perfectly acceptable reading of it, although dynamics could use a little closer attention.

[goldie0800]

@HURLEYP - Mendelssohn wrote several "Songs Without Words".

[Yunli95]

My violin teacher likes this piece

[peace2218]

kool

[jswlkfjskl]

Michelle, you play really nice^^ Keep up good work!

[willyeyeam]

Actually, it's Sewanee, TN. not suwanee or whatever where ever else. Google it up, SSMF.

[stevenk1133]

and i just noticed it's at the SUWANEE summer music festival. the user who posted this misspelled Suwanee (the city in which i live).

[stevenk1133]

DULUTH, GA! that's very close to where i live. lol. sounds great. my school's marching band plays another one of mendelssohn's pieces to warm up for our performances.

[drurylane5]

the violas stick out {badly) in this piece

[macgeek2005]

Why is the beginning of the piece cut?

[Anneuh15]

trop de la bal lol

[satanimoto]

wut's with cutting the beginning of the piece?