MENDELSSOHN, Felix: Great Composers in Words and Music

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Caddy, Davinia, Author.

Contributor:

Mendelssohn, Felix, Composer.

Anonymous, Lyricist.

Schubring, Julius, Lyricist.

Ball, William, Lyricist.

Bartholomew, William, Lyricist.

Bible - Old Testament, Lyricist.

Naxos Digital Services US

Series:

Naxos Spoken Word Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Classical Music.

Local Subjects:

Classical Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated 2023

System Details:

Mode of access: Available online.

Contents:

Introduction ( 11 sec. )

Die beiden Neffen oder Der Onkel aus Boston (The Two Nephews, or The Uncle from Boston), MWV L4, Act I: Overture (excerpt) ( 01 min., 14 sec. ) / Mendelssohn

Der Onkel aus Boston ('The Uncle from Boston'), a three-act dramatic work by Felix Mendelssohn, begun in May 1822 and completed in November 1823... ( 07 min. )

6 Kinderstücke (6 Children's Pieces), Op. 72, "Christmas Pieces": No. 1. Allegro non troppo, MWV U171 ( 59 sec. ) / Mendelssohn

An extract from Mendelssohn's piano collection Kinderstücke ('Children's Pieces'), published after the composer' death in 1847... ( 02 min., 57 sec. )

Lied zum Geburtstag meines guten Vaters, MWV K1 ( 01 min., 12 sec. ) / Mendelssohn

By his early teens, Mendelssohn had already acquired an impressive portfolio of musical compositions across a range of genres: chamber music, psalm settings, string sinfonias and keyboard works... ( 05 min., 41 sec. )

String Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20, MWV R20: III. Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo (excerpt) ( 01 min. ) / Mendelssohn

A similar musical atmosphere was created in the second of Mendelssohn's towering early works: his Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, finished in early August 1826 and, like the Octet... ( 56 sec. )

A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Op. 21, MWV P3 (excerpt) ( 01 min., 36 sec. ) / Mendelssohn

The period also witnessed the intensification of Mendelssohn's historical interest in earlier styles, particularly sacred vocal music... ( 03 min., 10 sec. )

Hora est, MWV B18: Hora est ( 02 min., 23 sec. ) / Mendelssohn

1829 saw the beginning of Mendelssohn's Grand Tour of Europe, a series of excursions that took the composer north to Scotland and south to Italy... ( 02 min., 32 sec. )

The Hebrides in D Major, Op. 26, MWV P7, "Fingal's Cave" (excerpt) ( 01 min., 06 sec. ) / Mendelssohn

At the home of a wealthy mine owner in north Wales, the next stop in his tour, Mendelssohn first contemplated a large-scale orchestral work now known as the Reformation Symphony... ( 04 min., 49 sec. )

Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, MWV N16, "Italian": IV. Saltarello: Presto (excerpt) ( 01 min., 09 sec. ) / Mendelssohn

The second opportunity to present itself on Mendelssohn's return to Berlin, following his European tour, was the directorship of the 15th Niederrheinisches Musikfest... ( 02 min., 08 sec. )

Overture in C Major, Op. 101, MWV P2, "Trumpet" (excerpt) ( 47 sec. ) / Mendelssohn

The success of Mendelssohn's directorship of the Düsseldorf festival - to one commentator, 'the greatest public success that he had yet had in Germany'... ( 05 min., 19 sec. )

Paulus (St. Paul), Op. 36, MWV A14, Part II: How Lovely are the Messengers (Sung in English) (excerpt) ( 01 min., 42 sec. ) / Mendelssohn

Roughly one month earlier, the 9th of September 1836, Mendelssohn had become engaged to Cécile Jeanrenaud... ( 02 min., 59 sec. )

3 Motets, Op. 39: No. 1. Veni, Domine (Hear my prayer, O Lord), MWV B24 (excerpt) ( 52 sec. ) / Mendelssohn

The next few years in Leipzig witnessed the completion of Mendelssohn's String Quartets Op. 44, his Piano Trio in D minor, the Overture 'Ruy Blas'... ( 03 min., 31 sec. )

Organ Sonata in C Minor, Op. 65, No. 2, MWV W57: II. Allegro maestoso e vivace (excerpt) ( 01 min., 05 sec. ) / Mendelssohn

It is easy to forget that, while Mendelssohn was most famous during his lifetime as a composer, conductor and virtuoso pianist, his skills extended to the organ... ( 03 min., 12 sec. )

Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14: III. Allegro molto vivace (excerpt) ( 01 min., 10 sec. ) / Mendelssohn

Hear My Prayer, a short standalone piece of sacred choral music also composed in 1844, cannot be described as a masterpiece... ( 01 min., 03 sec. )

Hear My Prayer, WoO 15, MWV B49 (version for voice and organ) (excerpt) ( 01 min., 28 sec. ) / Mendelssohn

Ten years after the premiere of St. Paul, Mendelssohn turned his attention once again to the genre of the oratorio: the result was Elijah... ( 02 min., 06 sec. )

Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25, Part II: Alsdann wird euer Licht hervorbrechen (And then shall Your light break forth) (excerpt) ( 46 sec. ) / Mendelssohn

Mendelssohn died on the 4th of November 1847 following a series of strokes... ( 03 minutes, 38 sec. )

Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 5, Op. 62: No. 28 in G Major, Op. 62, No. 4, MWV U175 ( 01 minches, 30 sec. ) / Mendelssohn

Participant:

Pugh, Leighton, Reader -- Rilling, Helmuth, Conductor -- Stuttgart Bach Collegium, Orchestra -- Frith, Benjamin, Artist -- Martineau, Malcolm, Artist -- Tritschler, Robin, Artist -- Auer String Quartet, Ensemble -- Kodály Quartet, Ensemble -- Bramall, Anthony, Conductor -- Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra -- Bernius, Frieder, Conductor -- Engels-Benz, Sonntraud, Artist -- Stuttgart Chamber Choir, Choir -- Dohnányi, Oliver, Conductor -- Seifried, Reinhard, Conductor -- Ireland National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra -- Marriner, Neville, Conductor -- Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra, Orchestra -- Winpenny, Tom, Conductor -- Holder, Peter, Artist -- St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Choir -- St Albans Cathedral Choir, Lay Clerks, Choir -- Tharp, Stephen, Artist -- Nishizaki, Takako, Artist -- Jean, Kenneth, Conductor -- Hicks, Laura, Artist -- Leipzig MDR Radio Choir, Choir -- Märkl, Jun, Conductor -- Leipzig MDR Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra -- Nagy, Péter, Artist -- Mendelssohn, Felix, Composer -- Anonymous, Lyricist -- Schubring, Julius, Lyricist -- Ball, William, Lyricist -- Bartholomew, William, Lyricist -- Bible - Old Testament, Lyricist -- Caddy, Davinia, Author

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