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Mendelssohn / String Symphony No. 7 in D minor

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Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

String Symphony No. 7 in D minor (1821)

00:00 – Allegro
05:31 – Andante (amorevole)
11:03 – Menuetto
14:51 – Allegro molto

Performed by the Northern Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Nicholas Ward.

“The String Symphony No. 7 in D minor opens with a strongly marked rhythmic figure, followed by gently resolving suspensions. The opening subject lends itself to dramatic contrapuntal treatment, in a musical idiom that has now become Mendelssohn’s own. The second movement is tenderly moving in its antiphonal use of instrumental groups. There is an energetic Minuet and a contrasting Trio, with an imitative opening. There is dramatic tension in the start of the rapid final Allegro molto, which finds a necessary and appropriate place for contrapuntal episodes.” – Keith Anderson

Painting: Portrait of a Girl with Gun and Hound (in the style of Joshua Reynolds), 18th-19th cen.

Mendelssohn / String Symphony No. 2 in D major: make music part of your life series

Mendelssohn / String Symphony No. 2 in D major

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String Symphony No. 2 in D major (1821) Movements:

00:00 – Allegro
04:04 – Andante
08:13 – Allegro vivace

(Performed by the Northern Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Nicholas Ward.)

“Mendelssohn wrote his twelve String Symphonies between 1821 and 1823. The first seven were all composed in 1821, with the eighth a year later, dated 27th November 1822, and the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth, completed in March, May, July and September 1823 respectively. A thirteenth symphony, started in December that year, was replaced by a fully orchestrated work, to become his Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 11. The string symphonies were written when Mendelssohn was a pupil of Zelter and reflect the inclinations of the teacher and Mendelssohn’s own clear debt to earlier classical models, with an increasing interest in the contrapuntal practices of Bach and Handel. This last is evident in the minor key Andante of the String Symphony No. 2 in D major, with its exploration of contrasting string textures, with a more classical use of imitative counterpoint in the final Allegro vivace.” – Keith Anderson

Drawing: Boy Copying the Head of a Roman Emperor, Michael Sweerts

 

 

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Danzi – Variations on a Theme from Mozart‘s “Don Giovanni”

Variations on ‘La ci darem la mano’ from Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni, for Cello & Orchestra, by Franz Danzi (1763-1826). Raphael Wallfisch is the soloist, with the Northern Chamber Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Ward.

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