DCXVI. MENDELSSOHN, Felix (1809-1847)
Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 (1830)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, cond.
(11:26)
"I would gladly give all I have written, to have composed something like the Hebrides Overture." -- Johannes Brahms
Done and done. [sorry, Brahms fans ...]
After traveling to England, Mendelssohn made a visit to Scotland, where he composed his Third Symphony ("Scottish").
He wrote to his sister Fanny about the landscape, enclosing this drawing:
After traveling to England, Mendelssohn made a visit to Scotland, where he composed his Third Symphony ("Scottish").
He wrote to his sister Fanny about the landscape, enclosing this drawing:
A stand-alone piece -- and not an overture to any other work -- this is surely an example of one of the earliest "tone poems," which were to become such a popular form of composition later in the century.
Without any specific programme, the music depicts the wild Scottish landscape.
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Bassoon and violas rise ascend with the motif that will define this piece:
Uniquely Mendelssohnian:
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