Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 'Reformation' - Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie - Live concert HD

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Het muzikale programma:
Felix Mendelssohn - Symfonie nr.5, op. 107 "Reformation"

De uitvoerenden:
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie
Felix Mildenberger, dirigent

Opname:
Het Zondagochtend Concert op 19 november 2023 in het Concertgebouw te Amsterdam.

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On the musical programme:
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 5, Op. 107 "Reformation"
[00:00] I. Andante – Allegro con fuoco
[11:17] II. Allegro vivace
[16:27] III. Andante
[20:03] IV. Andante con moto – Allegro vivace – Allegro maestoso

The musicians:
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie
Felix Mildenberger, conductor

Recording:
The Sunday Morning Concert, Sunday the 19th of November 2023, in The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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[LucienMarine]

Composed by Félix Mendelssohn to contribute in his own way to the celebration of the tercentenary of the Augsburg Confession, this symphony uses cyclically thematic material based on several Protestant chorales. Note the Dresden Amen, used later by Wagner in « Parsifal », and especially the chorale « Ein fest Burg ist unser Gott » from Bach (BWV 80). Raised in Protestant Germany, Mendelssohn retained a great love of religious music, particularly Bach's Passions, which had been forgotten for a century. The quotations of a Catholic Amen in the first movement, of a Protestant chorale in the finale, and the naming of the symphony, however, raise the question of a clash between these two currents of Christianity. The composer also blurs the tracks because although the quotations are apparent in the extreme movements, the central movements seem to be pure music without any link with the reformist ambition of the symphony. The shadow of Beethoven was undoubtedly very present in the composer's mind. The « Reformation » symphony is the first that Mendelssohn wrote after the death of the famous composer, and the first of this ampleness. The influence of the great German master equally plays an important role in the writing of this symphony. Music is an eternal restart for those who how to appreciate it. *Lucien*

[aureliocivetta]

Musica appassionante che penetra in noi e ci incuriosisce❤