Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 孟德爾頌,菲利克斯

孟德爾松童年時曾在 12 至 14 歲之間創作了 13 部弦樂交響曲。從十五歲開始，他又創作了五部管弦樂交響曲，這應該算是他的成熟期。A 小調第三交響曲，作品 56 號，是他構思的第二部交響曲，也是他完成的最後一部交響曲。它的最初靈感來自 1829 年對蘇格蘭的訪問。4 月，孟德爾松從漢堡經過不愉快的航行抵達倫敦。兩個月後，他在給老師澤爾特的信中提到了自己的夏季計畫：倫敦之行結束後，他計畫去蘇格蘭旅行，由於沃爾特-司各特爵士的作品，蘇格蘭在人們的浪漫想像中佔有重要地位。在朋友卡爾-克林格曼的陪同下，他向北旅行。在愛丁堡，他回憶起蘇格蘭女王瑪麗的故事，以及她的秘書大衛-裡齊奧在荷裡路德宮被殺的事件，並在被毀壞的小教堂裡首次萌生了創作蘇格蘭交響樂的想法。再往北走，他可以對氣候發表評論，說高地除了威士卡、濃霧和惡劣的天氣之外什麼都釀造不出來，而乘坐汽船去斯塔法島和他所說的可憎的芬格爾洞穴的航程則讓他暈船。儘管如此，他還是立即勾畫出了《赫布裡底序曲》的開頭主題，該序曲後經修改，於 1832 年在倫敦上演，一經推出便大受歡迎

作曲家: Felix Mendelssohn
出版社: Alfred Music
風格: Masterwork
原文簡介:
In childhood, Mendelssohn had written thirteen string symphonies between the ages of twelve and fourteen. In what must pass for maturity, starting at the age of fifteen, he wrote five more symphonies for full orchestra. Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Opus 56, was the second in conception and the last in order of completion. Its first inspiration came from a visit to Scotland in 1829. In April Mendelssohn had arrived in London, after an unpleasant voyage from Hamburg. Two months later in a letter to his teacher, Zelter, he mentioned his plans for the summer: After the end of London season, he projected a journey to Scotland, a country that figured largely in romantic imagination thanks to the work of Sir Walter Scott. Accompanied by his friend, Karl Klingemann, he travelled North. In Edinburgh, he recalled the story of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the murder of her secretary, David Rizzio, in the palace of Holyrood, and in the ruined chapel first entertained the idea of a Scottish symphony. Further north he could comment on the climate, remarking that the Highlands brew nothing but whisky, fog and foul weather, while the voyage by steamer to see the island of Staffa and what he described as the odious Fingal's cave, made him sea-sick. In spite of this he immediately sketched the opening theme of the Hebrides Overture, which was later revised to be performed in 1832 in London, where it won immediate popularity.