I studied this symphony in my GCSE music. I enjoyed listening to it, and analysing it with my teacher and classmates. I have always enjoyed classical/romantic music and I play piano (pretty well i think) and used to play with my orchestra, and perform a bit too. I am in university now doing engineering and I still listen to a lot of it, and despite me not being able to play much anymore (engineering is pretty hard!), channels like yours that analyse these pieces of music really keep me connected to my love for classical music, and it’s really great to see someone sharing some of the same thoughts I had of this piece of music, and other pieces of music that I love and have listened to. Keep the good work and I hope to see you upload more!!
@theenergyflowtribejamesbro1302
2 жыл бұрын
Could Mendelssohn perhaps see where the symphony was heading in light of the new music of Berlioz and Liszt ? Perhaps this may have been a reason to not publish what may have been seen as out-dated at the time. Fortunately, we do get to hear this fine work today.
@vincentsheehan3193
2 жыл бұрын
An excellent point James!
@alger3041
2 жыл бұрын
I have listened to what was purportedly Mendelssohn's revision of this work (remembering that the first movement remained as is). It may be an interesting historical document, for want of a better description, but my reaction upon listening was that virtually every deviation that I heard seemed markedly inferior to that of the familiar unrevised version. Indeed, one could easily be persuaded that the chronology of the two versions was precisely the opposite. Indeed, Mendelssohn's own contemporaries wondered what he was about in undertaking this work, when the familiar version, which seems so perfect to us, likewise was to them in all probability. The only new feature I find myself looking at quite seriously, is the idea of an actual recapitulatuon of the second theme group in the last movement. Otherwise, I feel confident in discarding most of the deviations to be heard in this so-called revision. With the Violin Concerto (the familiar E Minor, Op. 64), we similarly have two versions, although in this case, the superior familiar version came later, so that in this case it was a genuine improvement for the better. However, there is one tiny detail wherein I favor how it atands in the earlier unrevised version. That occurs in the slow movement. At the point where the first section ends, before the more agitated middle section begins, the solo has a trill on B which resolves to a C. On that latter, the brass and drums do not enter until the second eighth note of that measure, allowing the preceding section to properly close. It appears thus in the four hand piano version, and I urge that this be adopted for regular performances of the work, as it sounds smoother and frankly better than what is normally heard at that point. I am open to full discussion on either of these that I brought up.
@vincentsheehan3193
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your considered comment. I will investigate the other versions of these masterpieces in due course and will look at the violin concerto more closely for a future video perhaps.
@alger3041
2 жыл бұрын
@@vincentsheehan3193 This is not about Mendelssohn but brings to mind a discussion I just had with another colleague. I have recently made a discovery that there is an earlier version of the slow movement of Brahms' First Symphony that has been recorded. It must have somehow escaped Brahms' penchant for destroying his earlier sketches. Nevertheless, listening to the familiar, established movement as we know it, it seems to me so perfect in its bearings (compositionally, I could criticize some of the scoring) that I simply cannot imagine how the movement can in any way be improved upon; much the finest of his symphonic slow movements.
@vincentsheehan3193
2 жыл бұрын
Wow how interesting! I love that movement how it is so it would be interesting to hear the alterations he made
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