Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op. 27
This guide follows Mendelssohn’s Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op. 27 (1828) in one part (sonata form).
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The slow (Calm Sea) is almost motionless: held string notes, then a hymn-like in violins and violas with flute colours. In the linking section of Prosperous Voyage a birdlike flute call leads through a rising gesture and a loud held chord into the fast music. The first grows from the bass of the opening, then the and the follow. Trumpets announce the ship's arrival. Then the starts. In the the bird calls again and the music ends on a peaceful chord.
- Calm Sea
- Prosperous Voyage / Linking section
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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