During his short life, Felix Mendelssohn travelled almost as much as Mozart. He, too, was initially taken or dispatched by his father to the cultural shrines of Europe: Paris, London and Rome. Parallel to this, Felix became a travelling virtuoso, appearing in cities and concert halls as a pianist, conductor and composer, at the head of orchestras and in the palaces of aristocrats, appearing with amateur or professional musical partners and star performers. The reason for his almost constant wand...ering was that – primarily due to his parentage – he never managed to attain a leading position in Germany where he could receive the recognition he craved as, effectively, the composer of the nation. Although his guiding role at the head of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and concert centre was historically significant, his dedication, strong German musical identity and sheer musical genius should have merited more. We have come to know Mendelssohn partly as a sensitive collector of experiences during his travels, a man who recorded his impressions not only in music but also in drawings and watercolours. On the other hand, the life of a wanderer and the sense of homelessness weighed heavily upon him as a legacy of his Jewish background – so that these travelogues sometimes became spiritual sketches of a kind. This concert will glimpse into both of these musical albums, simultaneously embracing the picturesque and the confessional.
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