Felix Mendelssohn et al. in Leipzig - October, 1835
from Selected Correspondance of Fryderyck Chopin, page 130:
[Letter from Felix Mendelssohn to his sister Fanny Hensel]
It really was a sight to be seen on Sunday evening when I had to play him my oratorio [St Paul] while inquisitive Leipzigers crowded on tiptoe into the room so as to be able to say they had seen Chopin. Between the first and second parts of the oratorio he dashed off his new studies and latest concerto to the astonishment of the Leipzigers, and then I went on with my St Paul just as if an Iroquois and a Kaffir had met and conversed.
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Bronislaw Edward Sydow (Comp) and Chopin, and Arthur Hedley (ed.), Selected Correspondance of Fryderyck Chopin (Prescot, 1962), p. 130. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1426602303715 accessed: 24 November, 2024
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Chopin's new studies and concerto
written by Chopin |
performed by Chopin |
Mendelssohn's oratoria 'St Paul'
written by Felix Mendelssohn |
performed by Felix Mendelssohn |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | October, 1835 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Originally submitted by Meg Barclay on Tue, 17 Mar 2015 14:25:03 +0000
Approved on Sat, 17 Oct 2015 10:09:20 +0100