Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, MWV N 15, Op. 107
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Instrumentation: Orchestra Work: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor ("Reformation Symphony"), MWV N 15, Op. 107 Binding: ISMN: 9790004213919 Size: 9.8 x 12.6 inches Pages: 140 Urtext / Critical Edition Look Inside! Description Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy composed his Reformation Symphony for the celebrations marking the 300th anniversary of the "Confessio Augustana," the Protestant declaration of faith. Owing to various and only partially explained reasons, there was no performance in 1830, the year in question; it was only two years later that the composer conducted the premiere of his work, now heavily revised, in Berlin. There was only one more performance in Mendelssohn's lifetime, this one conducted by Julius Rietz in Düsseldorf; the composer had since distanced himself from his opus. Conceived for the concert hall, the symphony formulates its theological references through the integration of various motives. This occurs in the