It includes a quotation from Jacob's Saint Paul and begins with a somber melody echoed in the main theme of the Allegro un poco adagio.
Schumann praised the intimate connection of its four movements, which the composer asked to be listed on program pages consecutively rather than separately. It includes a quotation from Jacob's Saint Paul and begins with a somber melody echoed in the main theme of the Allegro un poco adagio. Inspired by a visit to the shattered altar of Holyrood palace, its principal melody is a duple-meter scherzo suggesting a bagpipe. Completed ten years after the similar themed Hebrides Overture, FTP, identify this Romantic symphony by Felix Mendelssohn.
Schumann praised the intimate connection of its four movements, which the composer asked to be listed on program pages consecutively rather than separately.
Symphony No. 3 in A minor or The Scottish