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Félix Mendelssohn Bartholdy - Concerto pour Violon et Orchestre en Mi Mineur Opus 64
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Cuánto alegra al lugar
el lago con sus colores
y con sus aguas frescas
que bajan de esos picos
que hacen muy pequeñito
al hombre que los mira
y disfruta de sus dones.
Todo es pura armonía
y belleza compartida
entre árbol, montaña y lago,
y el cielo les hace un regalo
con el sol que allí brilla.
Felix Mendelssohn - Song Without Words - Op 30, No 1 (Streeton Trio).
While one see signs of caterpillars around, traces of birds are relatively few, due to wrong hours of the day ?
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An Overlooked Artist Annie Fischer: Schumann
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Pupils of Rostrropovich:
Karine Georgian plays Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations -- the first time I heard of her. The other pupil Natalie Gutman is perhaps more famous though:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwuXKE5oH08&list=RDdwuXKE5oH0...
Natalie Gutman :
TCHAIKOVSKI -Variation Thème Rococo op 33
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Bach Cello Suite No.3
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Natalia Shakhovskaya, Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33
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Daniil Shafran plays Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations Op.33 (1 of 2)
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Arpeggione Sonata by Franz Schubert
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Forgotten Pianist : Probably eclipsed by Gilels
Vera Razumovskaya performs Mendelssohn & Brahms (1950's)
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Argerich's Last Teacher, Sauer's pupil, Stefan Askenase www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IRJDMOw1XI
Felix Mendelssohn - Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14 - Jan Lisiecki
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On a sheer peak of joy we meet;
Below us hums the abyss;
Death either way allures our feet
If we take one step amiss.
One moment let us drink the blue
Transcendent air together--
Then down where the same old work's to do
In the same dull daily weather.
We may not wait . . . yet look below!
How part? On this keen ridge
But one may pass. They call you--go!
My life shall be your bridge.
Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937)
Mendelssohn - Cello sonata n°1 - Gutman / Virsaladze 1976
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Ignace Tiegerman plays Johannes Brahms Intermezzo in Bb minor, op. 117 No. 2
Félix Mendelssohn Bartholdy - Concerto pour Violon et Orchestre en Mi Mineur Opus 64
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The Bent Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian pyramid located at the royal necropolis of Dahshur, approximately 40 kilometres south of Cairo, built under the Old Kingdom Pharaoh Sneferu (c. 2600 BC). A unique example of early pyramid development in Egypt, this was the second pyramid built by Sneferu.
The Bent Pyramid rises from the desert at a 54-degree inclination, but the top section (above 47 meters) is built at the shallower angle of 43 degrees, lending the pyramid its very obvious 'bent' appearance.
Archaeologists now believe that the Bent Pyramid represents a transitional form between step-sided and smooth-sided pyramids (see Step pyramid: flic.kr/p/28ExwNy ). It has been suggested that due to the steepness of the original angle of inclination the structure may have begun to show signs of instability during construction, forcing the builders to adopt a shallower angle to avert the structure's collapse. This theory appears to be borne out by the fact that the adjacent Red Pyramid (see the Red Pyramid: flic.kr/p/2bmwo59 ), built immediately afterwards by the same Pharaoh, was constructed at an angle of 43 degrees from its base. This fact also contradicts the theory that at the initial angle the construction would take too long because Sneferu's death was nearing, so the builders changed the angle to complete the construction in time. In 1974 Kurt Mendelssohn suggested the change of the angle to have been made as a security precaution in reaction to a catastrophic collapse of the Meidum Pyramid while it was still under construction.
Isometric, plan and elevation images of the Bent Pyramid Complex taken from a 3d model.
It is also unique amongst the approximately ninety pyramids to be found in Egypt, in that its original polished limestone outer casing remains largely intact. British structural engineer Peter James attributes this to larger clearances between the parts of the casing than used in later pyramids; these imperfections would work as expansion joints and prevent the successive destruction of the outer casing by thermal expansion.
The ancient formal name of the Bent Pyramid is generally translated as (The)-Southern-Shining-Pyramid, or Sneferu-(is)-Shining-in-the-South.
Stamattina, con una falce di luna
Mendelssohn, Violin concerto OP. 64
Genova
Tornata poco dopo sul balcone per riprendere ancora questa meraviglia, con il mare che si tingeva d'arancione, tutto era scomparso, come per incanto : restava un azzurrino ceruleo e un po' grigio, velato di nubi
The silence, plenty of colours and dreams, of the dawn
Nothing much worth mentioning in between other than the release of Huawei's CFO and perhaps the subsequent interview of her Alstom counterpart from France...
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Heifetz en vivo en Paris - live in Paris with exceptional sound qualities
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsfMaslQt1U
Virginia Zeani: Bellini - I Puritani, 'O rendetemi la speme... Qui la voce... Vien, diletto
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdOvAmc044Q
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Francescon Merli, a not so well known but marvelous vocalist :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNg-b13I8v4
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Nicola Martinucci: "Nessun dorma" ( 1996 )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1Fmayo-c3o
Antonio Cortis - Nessun Dorma - 1929
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Georgi Nelepp - "the most exciting" Bolshoi tenor amongst Ivan Kozlovsky, Georgi Vinogradov, and Sergei Lemeshev -Charles Haynes calls Nelepp "the most exciting" of them, with a compelling ring and a sense of urgency - Eleazar`s aria - La Juive
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Riccardo Stracciari ~ Il balen (1917)
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DOWN IN THE VALLEY - IVAN SKOBTSOV
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MARIO FILIPPESCHI - Rigoletto "La donna è mobile" ( '56 )
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Othello's Willow Song
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQtOfHBaNqM
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Daniele Barioni, "with the most beautiful tenor voice of our age. Had he not slipped away ( because of the premature death of his wife?), we all have to eat radishes..." according to Mario del Monaco in 1959
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Titta Ruffo ( 1877- 1953, Hybrid Verismo school )
Walter Legge: "From the his first phrase the audience was vanquished by the overwhelming beauty of his voice—manly, broad, sympathetic, of unsurpassed richness. Such ease of production, such abundance of ringing high Gs! But more: Ruffo's infinite subtlety, variety of tone-colour, interpretive insight and sincerity, his magnificent control, stupendous breathing powers, and impeccable phrasing stamped him as a genius."
Both Battistini and Ruffo displayed exceptional vocal agility and control plus the ability to sustain a long legato line.
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He shared the same vocal teacher with:
Mattia Battistini ( 1856 – 1928, essentially a Bel Canto singer )
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Forgotten Great Baritones VIII : Granforte
( "He shares the pre-Warren "Big Three" designation, along with Stracciari & Ruffo! " )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgJOD3wk0hM&list=RDag_j3rYtHh...
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LA GRANDE NOTTE A VERONA 1988
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRzhM4qkUEw&t=1909s
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Somehow Backhaus is one of my favourite pianists, and his 5 Beethoven Piano Concertos here are newly mastered:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg29kX1lUg8
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Having stumbled into this astounding performance by Julian Sitkovetsky :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmbO-XmI5lM
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Lauri-Volpi canta A te o cara (in tono - in Re maggiore) dai Puritani di Bellini
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DREGB2x0naE
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Ricardo Odnoposoff plays Zigeunerwiesen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pWCgE_KbiU
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Rudolf Kehrer ( Solo pianist of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra and professor at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. In 1961, he won the All-Union Contest )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KejspsnuvnM
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The Little known Horowitz Recital in Moscow, 92
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VQUgrX3H8A
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Mischa Levitsky (1898-1941) - a student of Michalowski, Stojowski, and Dohnanyi - Gluck-Sgambati Melodie from Orfeo, 1923
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfzvszq8duY&list=RDZfzvszq8du...
Mendelssohn Rondo capriccioso in E Major Op.14
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NBAr9tSRnc
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Mario Basiola, teacher of Beniamino Gigli, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi among many other successful singers: La favorita
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S9F3oKwuSQ
Barbiere di Siviglia "Largo al factotum"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJRC6W9RYHU
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Halina Czerny-Stefańska: Chopin, Grande polonaise brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 22 (Remastered 2021)
The St. Thomas Church (German: Thomaskirche) is a Lutheran church in Leipzig, Germany, located at the western part of the inner city ring road in Leipzig's district Mitte. It is associated with several well-known composers such as Richard Wagner and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, and especially Johann Sebastian Bach, who worked here as a Kapellmeister (music director) from 1723 until his death in 1750. Today, the church also holds his remains. Martin Luther preached here in 1539.
Although rebuilt over the centuries and damaged by Allied incendiary bombs in 1943, the church today mainly retains the character of a late-Gothic hall church. The Thomanerchor, the choir of the Thomaskirche, likely founded in 1212, retains a well-known boys' choir.
Félix Mendelssohn Bartholdy - Concerto pour Violon et Orchestre en Mi Mineur Opus 64
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Linie 2 von Spandau Ruhleben - nach Pankow über dem Landwehrkanal
Mit der "U-Bahnlinie 2" kann man quer durch Berlin fahren, für Berliner Gäste eine preiswerte Möglichkeit viele wichtige Sehenswürdigkeiten zu besuchen. Das Foto zeigt die Fahrt von U-Bahnhof Mendelssohn-Bartholdypark und Gleisdreieck in Höhe des Museums für Verkehr und Technik.
With the "U-Bahnlinie 2" you can go right through Berlin, for Berlin guests a cheap possibility to visit many important sights. The photo shows the journey from the underground station Mendelssohn-Bartholdypark and Gleisdreieck at the Museum für Verkehr und Technik.
Avec la "U-Bahnlinie 2", vous pouvez traverser Berlin, ce qui offre aux hôtes berlinois une possibilité économique de visiter de nombreux sites touristiques importants. La photo montre le trajet de la station de métro Mendelssohn-Bartholdypark et Gleisdreieck au Museum für Verkehr und Technik.
Mit Sabine R. Ulla Smidt-Berner, Silke Klimesch, Anthony und Jürgen auf Fototour
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einer Form, ohne das in den unsichtbaren Teilen derselben sich eine neue Form zu bilden anfange, die mit der Zeit sich den Sinnen offenbart. Jeder Untergang ziehlt auf eine Entstehung, jeder Tod bahnt den Weg zu einem neuen Leben.
Moses Mendelssohn
quasi al tramonto , accompagnato da una delle musiche che forse amo di più
Violin concerto di Mendelssohn, op 64, E Minore. Interpretazione di Hilary Hahn
"Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along"
- Rumi
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qGbtW1THC8
MICHAEL BALL & IL DIVO
The overhead storm clouds cast their shadows
washing away the pride in me
pride comes before a fall
I learned that at my father's knee
or was it that I just misremembered
perhaps it was pride comes before a fool
it matters less in this definitive moment
it may always remain a mystery
I listen hard for signs of rain
I imagine the coolness on my skin
I thought I heard a rumble of thunder
is it true that rain will wash away our sins
for surely we have taken a wrong turning
this blessed heat without humidity
the dew drops sparkle in the sunlight
a mirage mirroring my humility
rosé rosée like pink champagne
smooth like cultured pearls it seems
like the many facets of a zillion diamonds
have been erased in many sultry dreams
wish that I could stay in this moment
give up the fight for any more
be contented; savour and relish
these small things that should be adored
but in my reverie I am safe
and the waters I paddle are extremely shallow
but that's not me, I must take the plunge
swim out of my depth; the wickless tallow
melts in the hot relentless sun
emerging now beneath it's shroud
the ether smells so strong of ozone
by the sea as dissolving clouds
dissipate and my anticipation
disappears like urban myths
that once seemed honest, true and permanent
but now appear rarified as Scotch mist
I play the music it fills the air
the ivory keys invisibly stained with blood
the ebony hardened like the wounded stare
of civilisations misunderstood
when will we learn to be as one
is it so hard to find harmony
the rhythm of Mendelssohn's fragmented vision
resounds in my ears and soothing me
I pick up the notes with nimble fingers
disperse them into the universe
hoping that someone, somewhere will hear them
and heal our planet, not make it worse
transferring thoughts like transference of scores
of tiny notes that alone have only partial impact
I begin to play a different theme tune to my life
love changes everything; to me that is a fact.
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Berlin, U-Bahn / Underground train
In Berlin the Underground train goes partly above ground, here at the U-Bahnhof Mendelssohn Bartholdy Park
O Sole Mio, Carlo Bergonzi
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nNxw7c55Mk
Bunin: Debussy - Arabesque No. 1 in E major
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GStfo_f4L0g
An American living in China talking about the nCoV
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5rhyBKJXb4
On the Death of Dr. Li in Wuhan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-Fy80yHYQo&t=9s
Toscha Seidel - Grieg Violin Sonata #3, Mvt 3
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Raoul Koczalski : Chopin
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Tschaiovsky
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Scriabin
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Schubert-Liszt
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In Conversation With: Toscha Seidel
"Studying with Professor Auer was a revelation. I had private lessons from him, and at the same time attended the classes at the Petrograd Conservatory. I should say that his great specialty, if one can use the word specialty in the case of so universal a master of teaching as the Professor, was bowing. In all violin playing the left hand, the finger hand, might be compared to a perfectly adjusted technical machine, one that needs to be kept well oiled to function properly. The right hand, the bow hand, is the direct opposite—it is the painter hand, the artist hand, its phrasing outlines the pictures of music; its nuances fill them with beauty of color. And while the Professor insisted as a matter of course on the absolute development of finger mechanics, he was an inspiration as regards the right manipulation of the bow, and its use as a medium of interpretation. And he made his pupils think. Often, when I played a passage in a concerto or sonata and it lacked clearness, he would ask me: 'Why is this passage not clear?' Sometimes I knew and sometimes I did not. But not until he was satisfied that I could not myself answer the question, would he show me how to answer it. He could make every least detail clear, illustrating it on his own violin; but if the pupil could 'work out his own salvation' he always encouraged him to do so.
"Most teachers make bowing a very complicated affair, adding to its difficulties. But Professor Auer develops a natural bowing, with an absolutely free wrist, in all his pupils; for he teaches each student along the line of his individual aptitudes. Hence the length of the fingers and the size of the hand make no difference, because in the case of each pupil they are treated as separate problems, capable of an individual solution. I have known of pupils who came to him with an absolutely stiff wrist; and yet he taught them to overcome it.
HOW TO STUDY
"Scale study—all Auer pupils had to practice scales every day, scales in all the intervals—is a most important thing. And following his idea of stimulating the pupil's self-development, the Professor encouraged us to find what we needed ourselves. I remember that once—we were standing in a corridor of the Conservatory—when I asked him, 'What should I practice in the way of studies?' he answered: 'Take the difficult passages from the great concertos. You cannot improve on them, for they are as good, if not better, as any studies written.' As regards technical work we were also encouraged to think out our own exercises. And this I still do. When I feel that my thirds and sixths need attention I practice scales and original figurations in these intervals. But genuine, resultful practice is something that should never be counted by 'hours.' Sometimes I do not touch my violin all day long; and one hour with head work is worth any number of days without it. At the most I never practice more than three hours a day. And when my thoughts are fixed on other things it would be time lost to try to practice seriously. Without technical control a violinist could not be a great artist; for he could not express himself. Yet a great artist can give even a technical study, say a Rode étude, a quality all its own in playing it. That technic, however, is a means, not an end, Professor Auer never allowed his pupils to forget. He is a wonderful master of interpretation. I studied the great concertos with him—Beethoven, Bruch, Mendelssohn, Tschaikovsky, Dvoøák, the Brahms concerto (which I prefer to any other); the Vieuxtemps Fifth and Lalo (both of which I have heard Ysaye, that supreme artist who possesses all that an artist should have, play in Berlin); the Elgar concerto (a fine work which I once heard Kreisler, an artist as great as he is modest, play wonderfully in Petrograd), as well as other concertos of the standard repertory. And Professor Auer always sought to have us play as individuals; and while he never allowed us to overstep the boundaries of the musically esthetic, he gave our individuality free play within its limits. He never insisted on a pupil accepting his own nuances of interpretation because they were his. I know that when playing for him, if I came to a passage which demanded an especially beautiful legato rendering, he would say: 'Now show how you can sing!' The exquisite legato he taught was all a matter of perfect bowing, and as he often said: 'There must be no such thing as strings or hair in the pupil's consciousness. One must not play violin, one must sing violin!'
Massey Hall is a performing arts theatre in the Garden District of downtown Toronto, Canada. The theatre was designed to seat 3,500 patrons, but after extensive renovations in the 1940s it now seats up to 2,765.[1]
Massey Hall and the more intimate Eaton Auditorium were the only substantial concert venues in Toronto before the opening of Roy Thomson Hall as the new home of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.
Massey Hall was designated a National Historic Site of Canada on June 15, 1981.
Mendelssohn, Violin concerto in E minor, op. 64
con Itzhak Perlman
L'alba ha una sua misteriosa grandezza, che si compone di un residuo di sogno e di un principio di pensiero
Victor Hugo
La luna questa mattina
Luna calante in Scorpione, illuminazione 20%, levata della luna h 3. 36
Genova
The moon of the dawn
this morning
L'alba allungo' le sue dita rosee e con delicatezza accarezzo' la luna 🌙
♫♪Mendelssohn - Songs Without Words♫♪
Ya madura
la hoja para su tranquila caída justa.
Cae. Cae
dentro del cielo, verdor perenne, del estanque.
En reposo,
molicie de lo último, se ensimisma el otoño.
Dulcemente
a la pureza de lo frío la hoja cede.
Agua abajo,
con follaje incesante busca a su dios el árbol.
Jorge Guillén
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 1809 -1847
war ein deutscher Komponist.
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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)
was a German composer.
My attempt at capturing a waterfall seen on the Mendelssohn Way which is a forested path that climbs up from Wengen and along the top of the cliffs.
If the lost word is lost, if the spent word is spent
If the unheard, unspoken
Word is unspoken, unheard;
Still is the unspoken word, the Word unheard,
The Word without a word, the Word within
The world and for the world;
And the light shone in darkness and
Against the Word the unstilled world still whirled
About the centre of the silent Word.
T.S. Eliot
del castello della Deiva, Liguria
Non lasciare che il sonno ti raggiunga ;
il mondo è sveglio dentro di te...
Vasko Popa, poeta serbo ( 1922 - 1991 )
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Variations concertantes in re maggiore op 17
Jacopo Ristori e Artem Belogurov
GOG, Giovine Orchestra Genovese
Different views on reality
I was wondering quite some time why I wasn't visible on the screens ...
U-Bahnhof Mendelssohn Bartholdy Park, Berlin
Berlin, as perhaps many large cities, can create especially in winter a certain kind of surreality and melancholy. I tried to capture this feeling in both image and music.
Memotone - Empty Platform - Black Acre Records
A boat trip to Staffa promised so much: minke whales, dolphins, basking sharks, orca, sea eagles and Fingal's Cave, the famous inspiration for Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture. There was the faint hope of seeing a few puffin stragglers too.
But the weather was against us. Not hugely rough, but enough waves and swell to prevent our skipper putting us ashore to explore Fingal's Cave. We saw plenty seals, gannets and cormorants but little else. No dolphins, whales or orca. But there were beautiful views of the Mull coastline and deserted Treshnish Isles. Scotland has over 900 islands, though the exact number can vary slightly depending on how you define an island (some small tidal islets may or may not be counted). Of these 90-100 are inhabited
Located on the small Hebridean island of Staffa, Fingal's Cave is one of the country's most spectacular natural wonders. Formed entirely out of enormous hexagonal basalt columns, this sea cave is the backdrop of a fascinating legend.
When you visit Staffa, you can’t fail but be awestruck by nature’s creative forces. Impossibly dramatic and romantic, Staffa is best known for its basalt columns and spectacular sea caves. The most famous of these is Fingal’s Cave, also known in Gaelic as An Uamh Binn or the Cave of Music, immortalised by Mendelssohn in his Hebrides Overture. This name reflects the cave's exceptional acoustics and the sounds created by the crashing waves within.
Staffa is a volcanic island and the basalt columns formed when a single lava flow cooled around 60 million years ago. As the molten rock solidified, it also shrank, allowing gaps to form, which created the hexagonal-shaped columns seen today, similar to those found at the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland.
In addition to the cave, the columns form a dramatic cliff face which appears as colonnades or, as the Vikings saw them, the poles or staves (stafr in Old Norse) used in their buildings, hence the name Staffa. The columns are canted over at an angle of four degrees and it was this tilting that happened after they were formed, which allowed the sea to exploit natural fissures in the rock, hollowing out the cave over the millennia. Other caves on the island formed in a different way, when a softer layer of ash under the basalt columns was eroded by the sea.
Funnily enough, it wasn't Fingal who lived in this cave but his rival Scottish nemesis, Benandonner! Fionn MacCumhaill’s was a hero in Irish mythology and although a big lad, not a true giant. Separated by the Irish sea, however, Fingal felt brave enough to hurl insults over the sea to his rival, the giant Benandonner...
When the fight escalated, Fionn built the causeway across the sea to confront Benandonner. But when Fionn saw how enormous Benandonner was, he fled back to Ireland, destroying the causeway behind him. The remnants became the Giant’s Causeway and Fingal’s Cave, which is said to have been named after Fionn’s Scottish alias, Fingal, meaning ‘white stranger’.
It was the famous botanist, Joseph Banks, who, in 1772, first brought the feature to popular attention. Since then, a steady stream of visitors, including a list of famous names from the arts, have made a sort of pilgrimage to this ‘cathedral of the sea’.
Among those great artists was a young Felix Mendelssohn, who visited the cave in 1829. Duly inspired, Mendelssohn wrote the concert overture Die Hebriden, also known simply as Fingal’s Cave, which he finished in 1832. Coincidentally, JMW Turner’s painting “Staffa” was also first exhibited in the spring of the same year. Today, Mendelssohn on Mull, a Scottish chamber music festival, continues to draw inspiration from Staffa. The event brings together young musicians for a week of musical exploration and concerts inspired by the wild beauty of Staffa, Mull and Iona.
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Samedi 30 Juillet – Sortie du samedi soir à Barcelone, ça bouge, ça vit, ça sorte, main dans la main. J’observe cela de haut, enfin du haut de mon balcon.
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Marian Petrescu Jazz Trio – Symphony No.3 in F, Op.90 (Brahms) 🎧
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The Composers Quarter Hamburg is a gathering of six museums in the Peterstraße in Hamburg-Neustadt, Germany. The associated museums have one or two classical composers as a theme who were born or have lived in the city of Hamburg (G.P. Telemann, C.P. Emanuel Bach, J.A. Hasse, Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, Johannes Brahms and Gustav Mahler) The museums are located in restored historical buildings.
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"People usually complain that music is so ambiguous, and what they are supposed to think when they hear it is so unclear, while words are understood by everyone. But for me it is exactly the opposite...what the music I love expresses to me are thoughts not to indefinite for words, but rather too definite."
--Felix Mendelssohn--
Off the coast of Mull in Scotland. Known for its basalt columns and Fingal’s cave which inspired Mendelssohn to write a nice little piece of music.
www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/staffa#:~:text=Its%20hexagona....
www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/nov/10/mendelssohn-hebrid...
Massey Hall is a performing arts theatre in the Garden District of downtown Toronto, Canada. The theatre was designed to seat 3,500 patrons, but after extensive renovations in the 1940s it now seats up to 2,765.[1]
Massey Hall and the more intimate Eaton Auditorium were the only substantial concert venues in Toronto before the opening of Roy Thomson Hall as the new home of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.
Massey Hall was designated a National Historic Site of Canada on June 15, 1981.
Massey Hall was built to fill the need for a secular meeting place where people from Toronto and area could meet and enjoy choral music not of a religious theme. It was designed with a neoclassical facade, and features moorish arches that span the width of the interior hall. This interior was inspired by the Alhambra Palace in Spain as well as Louis Sullivan’s Chicago Auditorium and Opera house
seen on this day two years ago in my home.
listening to Felix Mendelssohn's Song Without Words
Opus 30 Number 6 - Venetian Boat Song
played by Veneta Neynska -
Staffa is an island in the Inner Hebrides which lies about 10 km west of Mull and is cared for by the National Trust for Scotland. It is an important breeding ground for fulmars, common shags and puffins, and has been designated as a national nature reserve and a site of special scientific interest.
The island is entirely volcanic and consists largely of hexagonal basalt columns similar to those found at the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. The island is best known for these columns, and the sea cave known as 'Fingal's Cave', made famous by Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture.
This photograph shows some of these famous basalt columns; it was taken close to the island's only safe landing place and the entrance to Fingal's Cave.
Le facteur Christian Müller et le sculpteur Jan van Logteren, tous deux d'Amsterdam, ont construit l'instrument entre 1735 et 1738. Avec ses 60 jeux et ses imposantes tours abritant les jeux de 32' de la pédale, cet orgue fut, pendant plusieurs années, le plus grand instrument du monde. Händel, Mozart et Mendelssohn font partie des célèbres visiteurs qui vinrent jouer cet instrument.
Plusieurs modifications ont été apportées à l'instrument au cours des 19e et 20e siècles selon les goûts du jour. Le but de la restauration majeure de 1959-1961 par la firme Marcussen & Son était de restorer l'instrument aussi près que possible de l'original. Au cours des années 1987 à 2000, la firme Flentrop Orgelnouw a travaillé sur l'harmonisation de l'instrument.
The organbuilder Christian Müller and the sculptor Jan van Logteren, both from Amsterdam, built the instrument between 1735 and 1738. With its 60 stops and its imposing towers housing the 32' stops of the pedal, this organ was, during several years, the largest instrument in the world. Händel, Mozart and Mendelssohn are among the famous visitors who came to play this instrument.
Several modifications were made to the instrument during the 19th and 20th centuries according to the tastes of the day. The aim of the major restoration of 1959-1961 by the firm of Marcussen & Son was to restore the instrument as close to the original as possible. During the years 1987 to 2000, the firm Flentrop Orgelnouw worked on the harmonization of the instrument.
Félix Mendelssohn Bartholdy - Concerto pour Violon et Orchestre en Mi Mineur Opus 64
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~ W. Shakespeare ~
LISTENING: Mendelssohn - Midsummer Night's Dream (Overture, I pt. op.61)
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