Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

22 Romanze senza Parole

Coming across the Mendelssohn romances at a distance of nearly two-hundred years means catapulting oneself, all of a sudden, into a Europe of which little, other than a trace, remains.

We perceive, in these pieces, an ancient perfume that seems magic yet far away and speaks to us without words, of things untranslatable, but transudes precious secrets.

These transcriptions for flute and piano have come about from the need to continue to enjoy these stories and to bring them back to life once again for us.

I chose to move away as little as possible from the original even though often I had to opt for a transposition up a fourth, in order to give a more suitable light to the melody of the flute.
Luca Russo