BRITTEN Frank Bridge Variations
MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No.1
MENDELSSOHN The Hebrides
DEBUSSY La Mer
Kees Bakels conductor
Ronald Brautigam piano

Mendelssohn's musical postcard of a Hebridean visit conjures up a whole seascape including the grandeur of Fingal's Cave, the swelling of the sea, the light on the water and the fury of the waves breaking on the cliffs. Like the sea itself, the surface of La Mer hints at the brooding mystery of its depths - a vibrating, oscillating, glimmering palette of sound which caresses the senses allowing the orchestra to shimmer in a thousand colours.

Britten's homage to his beloved teacher is equally as brilliant and sonorous. After the opening rather serious theme taken from Bridge's Idyll, the subsequent variations range from a passionate and deeply felt adagio to playful parodies on opera arias, Viennese waltzes, and stuffy bourrées.

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