Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3, "Scottish"

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

Joshua Weilerstein

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🗓️ 4 November 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Mendelssohn was only 20 years old when he wrote to his friend Karl Klingemann: "...I am going to Scotland, with a rake for folk songs, an ear for the lovely, fragrant countryside, and a heart for the bare legs of the natives.” Over two months in 1829, Mendelssohn traveled through much of the Scottish Highlands, and it was on this trip that he found the inspiration for his beloved Scottish Symphony. But is this symphony all about Scotland? And how should we interpret this symphony in 2021? Join us this week!

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Stickingouts, the Classical Music Podcast.
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0:42.5	So I'm recording this episode quite early this week, because I am heading to Alborg
0:46.9	Denmark tomorrow for a week with the Alborg Symphony, and the program is incredibly difficult.
0:54.1	The first half is Beethoven's Leonor Overture number one, which is a highly underrated
0:58.8	Beethoven Overture.
1:00.2	Then we're doing Heidin's C Major Chela Concerto with the wonderful Andreas Brantelied.
1:04.8	Then the second half is Ives's Three Places in New England, and then Sibelius's seventh symphony,
1:10.3	which I have never conducted before.
1:11.9	I'm really excited about it.
1:13.7	You can listen to an episode I did about Sibelius seven earlier this year, and you'll hear
1:18.4	how much I love this piece, so I'm really excited for this week.
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