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Mendelssohn's Sojourn In
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Mendelssohn jotted down the opening twenty‑one bars of the overture in a letter to his parents on August 7, 1829.
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Mendelssohn’s sojourn in Scotland and the rest of the British Isles during the summer of 1829 was the catalyst for one of his most evocative scores.
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Mendelssohn's sojourn in Scotland and the rest of the British Isles during the summer of 1829 was the catalyst for one of his most evocative scores...the Hebrides Overture, named after the Hebrides chain of islands off the western Scottish coast. Mendelssohn actually jotted down the opening twenty-one bars of the overture in a letter to his parents on August 7th of that year. We'll hear a recording by the Montreal Symphony, conducted by Charles Dutoit. (London 414 541-2)
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