4th Evening Recital Performance

Mendelssohn's "Scottish" is a prime example of Romantic Classicism: its wanderlust, its folk tone, and its mythological world are romantic, while its structure is classicist. The work was inspired by a trip to Scotland in 1829. In the ruins of Holyrood Palace, Mendelssohn found the opening A minor motif: "I believe I have found the beginning of my Scottish Symphony today," he wrote to his parents. But for a long time, the ascending triad remained...