| Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) |
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The Violin Concerto iwas written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1806. Its first performance by Franz Clement was unsuccessful and for some decades the work languished in obscurity, until revived in 1844 by the then 12-year-old violinist Joseph Joachim with the orchestra of the London Philharmonic Society conducted by Felix Mendelssohn. Joachim would later claim it to be the "greatest" German violin concerto. Since then it has become one of the best-known and regularly performed violin concertos. |
| The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) Overture, Op. 26 - Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) |
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Felix Mendelssohn's The Hebridges, also known as Fingal's Cave Overture, is a concert overture inspired by a 1829 visit to the basalt sea cave on the Scottish island of Staffa. Composed in 1830 and revised in 1832, the work was published in 1833 and is considered a masterpiece of Romantic music that captures the powerful, echoing atmosphere of the cave, |
| Symphony no. 103 'Drumroll' - Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) |
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Symphony No. 103 in E♭ major was composed in 1795 by Joseph Haydn. It is nicknamed the Drumroll Symphony after the long roll on the timpani with which it begins. The symphony is the eleventh of Haydn's twelve London symphonies and the second to last that he composed. |
