The Hebrides (overture) The Hebrides (overture) Felix Mendelssohn's concert overture The Hebrides (; ) was composed in 1830, revised in 1832, and published the next year as his Op. 26. Some consider it an early tone poem. It was inspired by one of Mendelssohn's trips to the British Isles, specifically an 1829 excursion to the Scottish island of Staffa, with its basalt sea cave known as Fingal's Cave. It is not known whether Mendelssohn set foot on the island, the cave being best visible from the water, but the composer reported that he immediately jotted down the opening theme for his composition. He
Overture Respighiana Di Vittorio, also through Rossini's influence on the music of Respighi. The overture received its world premiere by the Chamber Orchestra of New York under the composer, on February 13, 2010 at the Church of St. Jean Baptiste in New York. The overture was recorded for Naxos Records:8.572333. This work was published in 2008 by Edizioni Panastudio in Italy. Overture Respighiana Overture Respighiana ("Overtura Respighiana") was composed by Salvatore Di Vittorio in 2008, as an homage to Ottorino Respighi. The work was written one year before Di Vittorio's completion of Respighi's rediscovered first Violin Concerto in A Major. The overture