Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 "Scottish" in A Minor, op. 56 (part 1)

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, op. 56 (part 1)

BBC Proms - Royal Albert Hall, London
Aug 25th, 2009

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sir Roger Norrington conductor

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[calogria]

@shnimmuc You judge Mendelssohn's music as B-art, yet you don't even take the trouble of spelling his name correctly. You may have a couple of music historians on your side, but don't forget that Mendelssohn was held in high esteem by Schumann, Liszt, Brahms and numerous great conductors past and present. He may not have been a progressive like Beethoven or Wagner, but nevertheless a genius in his own right. Romantic music would be so much poorer without him.

[ralman20154]

reading people argue about classical music is pretty entertaining.

[Shankzwilhelm]

I thought it was called the scotch symphony the first time I had ever heard it when studying about it in Music History in University.

[JayCNelson]

@gamerfreak5665 AND wooden flutes!

[JayCNelson]

@gamerfreak5665 of course, it's the OAE. They even use strings made from animal fat and all that. Proper authentic stuff

[JayCNelson]

0:29 those two must be mother and daughter or something

[ViolaClarinetti158]

One of the more beautiful and charming pieces of classical music :)

[tyronemick1]

@calogria my lecturer just used your comment as a reference to what people think of Mendelssohn. Well done :P

[16mmDJ]

@gamerfreak5665 Sure, they're using natural horns. My high school's orchestra is playing this, and first semester we have a shortage of trombones, so I've been made to play the horn IV part... on a bass trombone. There are some crazy high notes in there.

[nvsmp]

@nickmaestro I think the same, this symphony is really passionate, beautiful and awesome, the fourth is incredible, but this express more feelings in my opinion.

[nickmaestro]

Just my personal opinion, Mendelssohn 3 Scottish is superior to Mendelssohn 4 Italian. That opening chorale in 3 gives me the chills. And the exposition is so moving. Mendelssohn 4 is no doubt an excellent work, but Mendelssohn 3 I feel is a much more emotional. Mendelssohn is one of the top underrated/overshadowed works of music.