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The Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. Posth. 90, MWV N 16, commonly known as the Italian, [1] is an orchestral symphony written by German composer Felix Mendelssohn. History [ edit ]
The movement uses a theme borrowed from the second movement of Mendelssohn's Viola Sonata, composed a year prior, which shares the same tempo marking. Allegro con fuoco (C minor, 4 4, sonata form, ending in C major. The primary theme of which bears a striking resemblance to the final movement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 40.)
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra, the Great Hall of the Tonhalle Düsseldorf was renamed Mendelssohn Hall in honor of its former music director. [ 2 ] Recent principal conductors of the orchestra have included John Fiore (2000–2008) and Andrey Boreyko (2009–2014). [ 1 ]
String Symphony No. 2 in D major (1821) String Symphony No. 3 in E minor (1821) String Symphony No. 4 in C minor (1821) String Symphony No. 5 in B flat major (1821) String Symphony No. 6 in E flat major (1821) String Symphony No. 7 in D minor (1822) String Symphony No. 8 in D major (later arranged for full orchestra) (1822)
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Artists dedicated mainly to their own transcriptions or arrangements of masterful orchestral works such as Italian Symphony by F.-B. Mendelssohn, Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks by Richard Strauss, etc. Recordings and numerous world premieres including original arrangements by Sir Paul McCartney [11]
St Martin's Hall, concert venue for the third season. Other works performed in the first season included Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 and Symphony No. 9 (performed twice), Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony, selections from Berlioz's Faust, Spontini's Vestale, Henry Smart's Gnome of Hartzburg, and Henry Wylde's Prayer and Praise. [4]
The album includes all of Mendelssohn's incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream except his score's No. 6, a melodrama. The vocal numbers are sung in Shakespeare's English rather than in the German translation by August Wilhelm Schlegel and Dorothea Tieck that Mendelssohn set, necessitating a few small deviations from Mendelssohn's original score.