It was first performed on May 14, 1832, in London, with Thomas Attwood conducting.  
It was first performed on May 14, 1832, in London, with Thomas Attwood conducting.  The opening theme, led by lower strings and bassoons, came to the composer on a trip he made with Karl Klingemann, who described the titular location with the words, "its many pillars making it like the inside of an immense pipe organ, black, loud."  Its second subject uses the emphasis of cellos to imitate the sounds of rolling waves, which follows the reverberant roaring after the huge grotto has been entered.  FTP, name this Mendelssohn overture that was inspired by a visit to Fingal's Cave on a Scottish island.
It was first performed on May 14, 1832, in London, with Thomas Attwood conducting.  
Hebrides Overture (accept Fingal's Cave before it is mentioned)