| ›Inspiring Landscapes‹
Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides, overture for orchestra in B minor ('Fingal's Cave') op. 26
Menachem Wiesenberg
Concerto for Viola, Cello and Orchestra (commissioned work)
Noam Sheriff
Prayers (1983) for string orchestra
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 A major op. 90 'Italian'
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3rd Première Subscription Concert
02-03-2008, 08:00 PM
Bremen, The Glocke
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| Soloists
| Steven Sloane, Conductor
Tabea Zimmermann, Viola
Hillel Zori, Cello
| Program
| Felix Mendelssohn was often inspired to compose by scenic experiences. His impressions of a journey to Italy were reflected in his Fourth Symphony. Composers regarded Italy as the ›land of a greater zest for living‹. The first and fourth movements evoke the iridescent light and pulsating life of the south, a procession in Naples, and a saltarello (jumping dance).
Mendelssohn also worked with Goethean motifs in Italy, however. Thus, in the ›Italian‹ Symphony, German forest romanticism and deep thoughts offset southern flair. The composer himself avoided the addition of the programmatic title. His goal was not the depiction of scenery but the expression of emotions, as in ›The Hebrides‹ Overture. Like William Turner's painting, the music represents the landscape in subdued colors and veiled modulations. The two compositions frame works by the Israeli composers Menachem Wiesenberg and Noam Sheriff whose contemplativeness and hope are mixed with a guarded look at tradition and the past.
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