Performance on 3 - Mendelssohn and Royalty - Mendelssohn and Royalty - Part 1

Presented by Louise Fryer. A concert exploring Mendelssohn's relationship to the heritage and some of the major figures of European royalty, in which the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Singers perform choral and orchestral music. The programme begins with the much-loved Hebrides Overture, composed in 1829 on a trip to Scotland, and which was dedicated to an important continental monarch - King Federick William IV of Prussia. It is followed by choral pieces which were a response to the heritage of German and congregational music. BBC Singers BBC Symphony Orchestra Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor) The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave, Op 26); Mein Gott, warum hast Du mich verlassen, Op 78, No 3; Ave Maria, Op 23, No 2; Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten.