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A journey to Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture in the sound worlds of Neils Gade, Thea Musgrave, Aidan O'Rourke, Jean Sibelius and Brighde Chaimbeul.

The stormy Hebridean Isle of Staffa inspired Felix Mendelssohn to write his concert overture 'Fingal's Cave' when he visited Scotland in 1829.

In this sonic journey Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps the overture in a wider musical landscape - exploring it through a playlist of Scottish fantasies, Ossianic legends, and stormy seas, with music by Niels Gade, Thea Musgrave, Aidan O'Rourke, Jean Sibelius and Brighde Chaimbeul, before arriving with Mendelssohn at the basalt rock pillars of Fingal's cave itself.

Producer: Ruth Thomson

1 hour, 29 minutes

On radio

Sun 19 Jan 2025 13:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Trad.

    Lament: Fingal's Weeping

    Ensemble: Pipes and Drums of the Argyll and Sutherland.
    • PARLOPHONE.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.3 in A minor Op.56 "Scottish": II Vivace non troppo

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Joseph Swensen.
    • LINN.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Prelude and Fugue in E Minor: Fugue

    Performer: Joanne Polk.
    • BRIDGE RECORDS.

  • Aidan O’Rourke

    Iorram: Boat Song (original soundtrack)

    Performer: Aidan O’Rourke.
    • REVEAL RECORDS.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides Overture, Op.26 "Fingal's Cave"

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • HYPERION.

  • James Oswald

    A Sonata of Scots Tunes: V: Polwart on the Green

    Orchestra: Concerto Caledonia.
    • LINN RECORDS.

  • Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy Op.45: Finale (Allegro Guerriero)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rory MacDonald.
    • DECCA.

  • Lerner & Loewe

    The Heather on the Hill (from 'Brigadoon')

    Singer: Gene Kelly. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • MGM.

  • Johann Kaspar Mertz

    Bardenklange Op.13: Fingals Hohle (Fingal's Cave)

    Performer: Adam Holzman.
    • NAXOS.

  • Niels Wilhelm Gade

    Echoes of Ossian

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitri Georgievich Kitayenko.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Trad.

    Pililiu (Call of the Redshank)

    Performer: Brìghde Chaimbeul. Performer: Colin Stetson.
    • Tak:til.

  • Thea Musgrave

    Turbulent Landscapes: I. Sunrise with Sea Monsters

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo VΓ€nskΓ€.
    • NMC.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G Major "La Tempesta Di Mare" RV.433

    Performer: Sebastien Marcq. Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus. Director: Jean‐Christophe Spinosi.
    • NAIVE.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    12 Γ‰tudes, Op.25: no.12 in C minor "Ocean"

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Oceanides, Op.73

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides Overture, Op.26 "Fingal's Cave"

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • HYPERION.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita no.2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: Chaconne

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova.
    • HYPERION.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 14 Apr 2024 13:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
  • Sun 19 Jan 2025 13:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3