In 1829 Felix Mendelssohn visited the Hebrides, a group of islands off the coast of Scotland. This trip inspired him to write his famous “Hebrides Overture”. Now, two Cambridge academics have adapted ...

Felix Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides was inspired by the composer’s 1829 trip to the British Isles. His overture has now inspired collaboration between a Cambridge economist and a composer, using sound to ...

A Cambridge team frustrated by the apathetic response to biodiversity loss has developed a dramatic new way to highlight the demise of nature – and people are listening. Driven by the observation that ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The program for Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns, and Beethoven includes Mendelssohn's ...

Don't miss our season opener when Maestro Michael DiGiacinto and Winchester Orchestra present an evening of great works including Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture; Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1, Daniel ...

Violinist Isabelle Faust applies a light, even spectral tone to the famous melody of the first movement of Felix Mendelssohn's violin concerto. It's an approach that demands complete confidence, which ...