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Founded in 1874 by William Wallace Gilchrist, Mendelssohn Club has been a major force in choral music in Philadelphia and beyond, with notable historic performances including the 1916 U.S. premiere of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with Leopold Stokowski and The Philadelphia Orchestra. Other historical premieres include the first performance outside the Soviet Union of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13, and the Philadelphia premieres of Brahms’ German Requiem, Prokofiev’s Ivan the Terrible, Scriabin’s Symphony No. 1, and Bartók’s Cantata Profana.
![]() | Gilbert Johnson tr 1927-2002 |
![]() | Roger Scott b US |
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Choral Works: Love / Mass / Winter Cantata | Vincent Persichetti, Mendelssohn Club Of Philadelphia, Tamara Brooks | 1984 | Album |
Messa Di Requiem | The Philadelphia Orchestra, Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Muti, Katia Ricciarelli, Veriano Luchetti, Florence Quivar, Simon Estes, Mendelssohn Club Of Philadelphia | 1980 | Album |
Alexander Nevsky | Sergei Prokofiev - Eugene Ormandy / The Philadelphia Orchestra, Betty Allen / Mendelssohn Club Of Philadelphia / Robert Page | 1975 | Album |
Symphony No. 13 (Babi Yar) | Dmitri Shostakovich - Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Tom Krause, Mendelssohn Club Of Philadelphia | 1970 | Album |