All Angels All Angels All Angels are a British classical crossover group formed in 2006, consisting of Daisy Chute, Rachel Fabri, Melanie Nakhla and Charlotte Ritchie (who is also a well-known actress starring in shows such as "Fresh Meat"). The group's style is classical crossover music and close harmony arrangement, with a repertoire spanning classical, choral, opera and pop including Franz Schubert's "Ellens dritter Gesang", "Agnus Dei" (the choral arrangement of Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings") and the "Sancta Maria intermezzo" from Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana", along with the "Flower Duet" from Léo Delibes' "Lakmé" and the "Barcarolle" from Jacques Offenbach's "The
Concerto for Violin and Strings (Mendelssohn) Concerto for Violin and Strings (Mendelssohn) The Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra in D minor was composed by Felix Mendelssohn at the age of thirteen. It has three movements, Allegro–Andante–Allegro, and performance duration is approximately 22 minutes. Mendelssohn was considered by many of his time to be a prodigy comparable only to the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Besides being a brilliant piano virtuoso, his composition took a firm step forward in musical development. In the period when this concerto was composed (from 1821 to 1823 while aged 12 to 14) Mendelssohn composed twelve string symphonies. At the age of