Nice. Following in the footsteps of her brother Felix. Or should I say Felix following in the footsteps of his sister Fanny. Their styles are so similar. What talent must have run in that family. I say man, woman, black, white, Hispanic, Asian or whatever bring great music to the table. Works like this deserve to be heard.

I’m a direct descendant of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel. This is the 1st time I am hearing her music. Thanks so much ❤️

Let me start by saying I applaud Ms. Chen's interpretation of this overture, she is a brilliant conductor and a pleasure to watch. I am so happy how Fanny Mendelssohn's music is starting to get popular over the years. Fanny's music fills your heart with joy. I heard a quote from the writer Victoria Sirota who sums up the talent of Fanny Mendelssohn, I quote " Fanny Mendelssohn's music is very original, not like Felix, and yet of that school. You hear the early 19th century, you hear Beethoven, Schumann and Liszt, but you also hear a Woman. A Woman who is strong and has her own identity." End quote.

What makes me very sad, is that some woman like Nannerl Mozart, WolfGang's sister, during that time were not allowed to compose music, although they were extremely talented they wanted to become musicians but couldn't. It would have been so great to hear the many female composers of the past and to imagine what their music might have sounded like if they were taken seriously.

Fanny mendelssohn was an excellent composer. She deserves all the attention and also deserves to be know as the greatest composer of all time.

Thanks for sharing this fantastic female composer and this brilliant performance of hard work and history....i feel so much more enlightened and fulfilled for the experience...God is good 🤓

Всю красоту Мироздания Создатель открывал человечеству через музыку, к сожалению, человек часто был глух к Божественным звукам! Великая благодарность проявленным в Плотном плане Сущностям, во всех веках несущим нам очищающие, пробуждающие наши Души звуки!!!

So beautiful !

Grazie di questa bella esecuzione.... Evviva Fanny!!!!!

I am so happy I found this recording! Excellent playing of a hidden gem that more and more will make it's way to the standard repertoire. Thank you members of ROCO and wonderful Mei Ann Chen.

This is really nice interpretation of this overture by Fanny M, and I am so impressed by the expressive but clear conducting of Mei-Ann Chen, what an amazing woman! Also, I like how the oboes looked at each other and bonded for a moment at 2:56

So nice! Fanny Mendelssohn was a great composer!

Bravo! All of this is so hard to learn, but becomes easier and fun!

I really hope to see Ms Chen over here in Austria!

Thanks Fanny, great overture.

What a fine performance, expressively directed. Thank you for introducing me to this fine work.

Love the conductor!

僕はファニーメンデルスゾーンのこの曲が大好きでとても気に入っています(^^♪。

Just for the story (i like it since i am both doing maths and music): the other sister married the great mathematician Dirichlet (who among other things, showed the there are infinitely many prime numbers ending in each of the digits 1, 3, 7 and 9)

Hear, hear !!!

I LOVE FANNY 💕🥰🎵🎶🎹

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This is a beautiful piece, beautifully done but the filming leaves a lot to be desired. The camera rarely seems to be pointing in the right direction! You hear lyrical and interesting moments from the violins or the flutes, say, but the camera is pointing at an idle cellist.

German-style rotary valve trumpets! A rarity in American orchestras. Hope they become less rare in the USA.

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Those women so happy playing a female written composition.

What a shame that Fanny's composing and her knowledge of musical form wasn't allowed to expand and grow like her brothers. She obviously had a great talent, but there's a lack of cohesion in a lot of her music that saddens me because I know a lot of that comes from her not being trained/not having an outlet for her music other than her home. She was able to do whatever she wanted, but nothing hones form better than knowing that ones music will be in front of a skeptical public. That being said, you can hear the talent and the shared ideas the two of them had. I heard several quotes in this piece from her brothers music(Though I am sure they both stole from each other and worked on each others ideas in their own pieces.)

What an ironical fact that Fanny couldn't compose more orchestral music because of her condition of a high class woman in the XIX century. She was very talented, but a woman of her class could only compose to "entertain" her family and friends in Sunday parties at home. And her brother Robert having success and recognition as a composer. Fortunately things have changed nowadays with prodigies like Alma Deutscher.

Can anyone else relate this to Sibelius?