MUSIC AND FOOTBALL
F. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64
Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto is one of the five most important violin concertos (Beethoven, Bruch 1st violin concerto, Brahms and Mendelssohn).
It is a concerto that every violinist must play. Mendelssohn dedicated this piece to his close friend Ferdinand David, a German Violinist and concertmaster of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, where they met when he was 15 years old. The work started in 1838, took another 6 years to complete, and wasn't premiered until 1845. This work was first performed on March 13, 1845, in Leipzig, Germany, with Ferdinand David as a soloist. This piece is in a romantic period that has 3 movements and last approximately half an hour. This concerto is very unusual because the structure is not the same as a classical concerto as we might expect. For instance, the solo begins at the very beginning of the piece, the cadenza in the middle of the movement, and all 3 movements are played without breaks.
Movements
I Allegro molto appassionato (E Minor)
This concerto is very unusual because normally the beginning of the piece always starts with the orchestral tutti, but this one the orchestra begins one bar and a half then the violin solo comes in with a very expressive tone high register on the E string. Then the theme transits to the 2nd subject theme in G major. The violin principal plays the low G open string with the woodwind took over the theme. Then continues with the development section and at the end of the development, it has a cadenza which is weird because the cadenza supposes to play at the end of the movement. However, this cadenza was played in the middle of the movement. After that, the cadenza ends with the violin doing the ricochet technique with the orchestra playing the main theme. In the recapitulation, the second subject is in E major then the music modulates back to E minor again to close the movement.
II Andante (C Major)
This movement is in C Major and in ternary form (ABA). Starts with the violin solo playing a very lyrical melody in C Major, in a B theme the key modulates to the relative minor (A Minor) and the mood is change. Finally, back to C major again.
III Allegro non troppo - Allegro molto vivace (E Minor - E Major)
Starts off not too fast in a key of E Minor. This theme is like a transition passages to E Major, after this theme end it begins with the trumpet fanfare then the violin solo starts with the lively quick-moving theme all the way to the end.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Mendelssohn
https://seattlesymphony.org/en/beyond-the-stage/program-notes-mendelssohn-violin-concerto
Tony Britten (arr. by Dole Wannakanok)
: UEFA Champions League Anthem
Brief
The UEFA Champions League Anthem was composed by Tony Britten in 1992, which he based on Handel's Zadok the Priest. The anthem's duration is around three minutes, and this anthem is famously often played inside the stadium before the UEFA Champions League match start, and also at the beginning and end of broadcasts. The lyrics are in three official languages that FIFA used: English, French, and German.
For my special arrangement version, which you will hear for the first time. I will be play with my friends and our group is called ''Quintet M@n''
"Magic... it's magic above all else. When you hear the anthem it captivates you straight away."