Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix. (1809–1847) & Schumann, Clara. (1819–1896). Original Program from the Premiere of "Die Erste Walpurgisnacht," also featuring Clara Schumann. A remarkable original 2pp Leipzig Gewandhaus program from an all-German concert, featuring Clara Schumann playing Beethoven's Piano and Choral Fantasy and Felix Mendelssohn conducting the premiere of his revised cantata, Die Erste Walpurgisnacht.
Hector Berlioz, on his first German tour, was in attendance and "wrote rhapsodically about about Felix's cantata, praising its 'impeccable clarity notwithstanding the complexity of the writing,' the 'whirling momentum and sweep' of the finale, and the interweaving of voices and instruments 'with an apparent confusion' that was 'the perfection of art.' The next day Felix devoted part of his thirty-fourth birthday to rehearsing Berlioz's concert." ( Larry Todd, "Mendelssohn: A Life in Music," p. 449)
Hector Berlioz, on his first German tour, was in attendance and "wrote rhapsodically about about Felix's cantata, praising its 'impeccable clarity notwithstanding the complexity of the writing,' the 'whirling momentum and sweep' of the finale, and the interweaving of voices and instruments 'with an apparent confusion' that was 'the perfection of art.' The next day Felix devoted part of his thirty-fourth birthday to rehearsing Berlioz's concert." ( Larry Todd, "Mendelssohn: A Life in Music," p. 449)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix. (1809–1847) & Schumann, Clara. (1819–1896). Original Program from the Premiere of "Die Erste Walpurgisnacht," also featuring Clara Schumann. A remarkable original 2pp Leipzig Gewandhaus program from an all-German concert, featuring Clara Schumann playing Beethoven's Piano and Choral Fantasy and Felix Mendelssohn conducting the premiere of his revised cantata, Die Erste Walpurgisnacht.
Hector Berlioz, on his first German tour, was in attendance and "wrote rhapsodically about about Felix's cantata, praising its 'impeccable clarity notwithstanding the complexity of the writing,' the 'whirling momentum and sweep' of the finale, and the interweaving of voices and instruments 'with an apparent confusion' that was 'the perfection of art.' The next day Felix devoted part of his thirty-fourth birthday to rehearsing Berlioz's concert." ( Larry Todd, "Mendelssohn: A Life in Music," p. 449)
Hector Berlioz, on his first German tour, was in attendance and "wrote rhapsodically about about Felix's cantata, praising its 'impeccable clarity notwithstanding the complexity of the writing,' the 'whirling momentum and sweep' of the finale, and the interweaving of voices and instruments 'with an apparent confusion' that was 'the perfection of art.' The next day Felix devoted part of his thirty-fourth birthday to rehearsing Berlioz's concert." ( Larry Todd, "Mendelssohn: A Life in Music," p. 449)