Classical composer Felix Mendelssohn came to the Isle of Staffa in 1829 and wrote his famous overture, The Hebrides Opus 26, a year later. Popularly known as Fingal's Cave Overture, this music has ...

Fingal's Cave is my nemesis ... as they tried to convey to others what they had seen. Composer Felix Mendelssohn had a crack at it with music and did a bang-up job. His Hebrides Overture of ...

Show more The stormy Hebridean Isle of Staffa inspired Felix Mendelssohn to write his concert overture 'Fingal's Cave' when he visited Scotland in 1829. In this sonic journey Sara Mohr-Pietsch ...

A group of teenage music students take part in a composition workshop to create a classical piece inspired by Felix Mendelssohn's 'Fingal’s Cave' with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and composer ...

The concert, titled In Scotland the Brave, begins with the Hebrides Overture Fingal’s Cave, Opus 26, and the Scottish Symphony in A minor, Opus 56 — both by Mendelssohn; and rounded off with ...