BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.2//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:22@townofhunterny.gov DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150718T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150718T143000 DTSTAMP:20150212T155358Z URL:https://townofhunterny.gov/community-events/lecture-felix-and-fanny/ SUMMARY:Lecture: Felix and Fanny DESCRIPTION:\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n&nbs p\;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nDr. Jeffrey Langford and Dr. Joan ne Polk  \n\nSaturday\, July 18\, 2015\n2:30pm\nDoctorow Center for the Arts\nPiano Performance Museum\n7971 Main Street\, Village of Hunter\n\nMu sicologist Dr. Jeffrey Langford and pianist Dr. Joanne Polk will present a lecture on the music and history of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn.  .  Th e Mendelssohn's were siblings\, and competitive ones at that\, whose famil y clearly favored Felix as the star composer.  Yet Fanny continued to com pose\, against the wishes not only of her brother\, but her father and gra ndfather as well.  Fanny's greatest support came from her husband\, Wilhe lm Hensel\, a painter and sculptor who encouraged Fanny to pursue her pass ions and her talents.  The lecture will examine the music of Felix and Fa nny\, their influence on one another\, and the stories of their almost exc essively intertwined lives.  The lecture will involve extensive demonstra tions of the music on a mid-nineteenth century Broadwood piano of the kind that the Mendelssohn's might have used.  This instrument is one of the  special pianos in the Piano Performance Museum collection.\n\nAn import ant part of this lecture is the opportunity audiences will have to hear th is music played on an instrument that is considerably different from a mod ern concert grand and to consider how this older instrument might have imp acted the composing and performance of the Mendelssohn's.\n\nThis lecture /demonstration is part of the Catskill Mountain Foundation's Piano Perform ance Museum Concerts &\; Conversations series. It is made possible with the generous support of the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundati on.\n\n \;\n\n \; CATEGORIES:Upcoming Events LOCATION:Doctorow Center for the Arts\, 7971 Main Street\, Lanesville\, NY\ , 12450\, United States GEO:42.213068;-74.21882399999998 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=7971 Main Street\, Lanesvil le\, NY\, 12450\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Doctorow Center for the Arts:geo:42.213068,-74.21882399999998 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20150308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR