Shadows and Light: Mendelssohn & Beethoven

Join conductor Jack Gonzalez-Harding for an evening of gripping musical narrative, charting the journey from the stormy Romantic coastlines of Scotland to the sunlit, muscular energy of the classical symphony.
The concert opens with Felix Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture, also known as Fingal’s Cave. Written after a trip to the Scottish island of Staffa, this masterclass in atmospheric tone-painting evokes the swell of the Atlantic Ocean, the cry of sea birds, and the vast echoes of the basalt cavern. Next, Gonzalez-Harding is joined by the young rising violinist Alexandra Peal for Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor.