The correct quotation is "dead for three years." :)

I love the music, was less happy with the concert itself than you. I also jumped out of my skin when Tiran started to speak the first time.

I read the Trouble with Felix article last week and rolled my eyes a lot. Mendelssohn is the most classical of the Romantics; his music has a particular grace, balance, and clarity of form that some find unromantic - not mention, it is often exceptionally charming, which I mean in a good way. Whatever; I love it and don't give a damn whether he has the right bio or not.