Classical : Irish Chamber Orchestra

University of Limerick

Back from its triumphant tour of the US, the ICO came home to its Limerick base to present the second in the series of concerts, entitled “Wunderkind ” by the orchestra’s Principal Guest conductor, Jorg Widmann. The ‘wonder-child’ in question is Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), who composed 13 symphonies between his 12th and 15th birthdays, thus beginning even more precociously than Mozart.

We heard String Symphonies Nos 3 in B minor and 7 in D minor in this concert, bookending, as it were, a quintet by Mozart and a quartet by Jorg Widmann.