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The work has its origins, as had the composer's Scottish 3rd Symphony and The Hebrides overture, in the tour of Europe which occupied Mendelssohn from 1829 to 1831. Its inspiration is the colour and atmosphere of Italy, where Mendelssohn made sketches but left the work incomplete. Below is a snippet of a letter he wrote to his father: This is ...
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 ]
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]
The orchestra was founded in 1908 as the first Italian orchestra to devote itself exclusively to symphonic repertoire. From 1908 to today, the Orchestra has given over 15,000 concerts collaborating with the greatest musicians or directors of the century: it has been conducted, among others, by Mahler, [1] Debussy, [2] Strauss, Stravinsky, Sibelius, Hindemith, Toscanini, Klemplerer [3 ...
Alessandro Siciliani (born 1952) is an Italian conductor of opera and symphonic music. He is also a composer of symphonic music. Siciliani was born in Florence, Italy, the son of Ambra and Francesco Siciliani [], the celebrated opera impresario.
The Symphony No. 5 in D major/D minor, Op. 107, known as the Reformation, was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1830 in honor of the 300th anniversary of the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession. The Confession is a key document of Lutheranism and its Presentation to Emperor Charles V in June 1530 was a momentous event of the Protestant ...
A few days later Mendelssohn and his companion visited the western coast of Scotland and the island of Staffa, which in turn inspired the composer to start the Hebrides. [7] After completing the first version of the Hebrides, Mendelssohn continued to work on his initial sketches of what would become Symphony No. 3 while touring Italy. [3]
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.)