{"id":48036,"date":"2024-10-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1ca1c90d-a8f1-4d12-8f36-d5f2160c5323"},"modified":"2024-10-01T10:07:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T08:07:21","slug":"all-aboard-32-magical-works-inspired-by-boats-lapping-waves-sea-storms-and-the-irresistible-allure-of-water","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/all-aboard-32-magical-works-inspired-by-boats-lapping-waves-sea-storms-and-the-irresistible-allure-of-water\/","title":{"rendered":"All aboard! 32 magical works inspired by boats, lapping waves, sea storms and the irresistible allure of water"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published: Tuesday, 01 October 2024 at 08:00 AM<\/p>

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Felix Mendelssohn liked boats. Or, rather, he liked the places that boats could take him to. When, in August 1829, he made his famous journey over the waves to the isle of Staffa off the west coast of Scotland, he could scarcely contain his excitement. Jotting the opening theme of what would become his Hebrides <\/em>Overture<\/a><\/strong>, or Fingal\u2019s Cave<\/em> overture on a postcard to sister Fanny, he wrote: <\/p>

\u2018In order to make you understand how extraordinarily the Hebrides affected me, I send you the following, which came into my head there.\u2019 Whether he enjoyed the journey there is another matter. Implying that the composer spent much of the time looking green and leaning over the side of the ship, his travelling companion Karl Klingemann reflected that Mendelssohn<\/a><\/strong> \u2018is on better terms with the sea as a musician than as an individual with a stomach\u2019.<\/p>