Mendelssohn’s virtuosic and orchestral Octet for strings, selections from J.S. Bach’s The Art of the Fugue, and Coleridge-Taylor’s Nonet.

Concert 4 of Oak Hill Music Festival 2026

Mendelssohn Octet

Oak Hill Music Festival returns to St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Hanover this summer, the perfect space for another performance of large-scale chamber masterworks. Selections from J.S. Bach’s monumental final work The Art of the Fugue, in Samuel Baron’s  arrangement for woodwind quintet and string quartet, are paired with Sameul Coleridge-Taylor’s recently rediscovered Nonet  for winds, strings, and piano. We conclude with Mendelssohn’s Octet for strings, one of the composer’s most beloved works, and an icon of the string repertoire. Click here for more information about Oak Hill Music Festival.

Concert Program and Details

J.S Bach Selections from The Art of the Fugue for string quartet and woodwind quintet

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Nonet, Op. 2

INTERMISSION

Felix Mendelssohn  String Octet in E♭ major, Op. 20