Calm sea and happy voyage (Mendelssohn)

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The calm of the sea and a happy journey op. 27 ( MWV P 5 ) is a concert overture by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy . It is based on the poems “ Meeresstille” and “ Happy Journey” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe . Mendelssohn conducted the first public performance on December 1, 1832 at the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin , before revising the work and printing it in 1835 together with The Hebrides and the overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream .

The two Goethe poems also served Ludwig van Beethoven as the basis for his cantata " Meeresstille und Glückige Fahrt" .

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Calm sea
There is deep silence in the water
The sea rests without movement
And the skipper looks worried
Smooth surface all around.
No air from either side!
Terrible silence of death!
In the vastness
No wave stirs.
Happy journey
The mists tear
The sky is bright
And Aeolus redeems
The fearful bond.
The winds whisper
The skipper moves.
Speed! Speed!
The wave divides
The distance is approaching;
I already see the country!

To the music

Mendelssohn describes the calm of the sea through an Adagio in D major , which consists of string chords. A Molto allegro vivace (also in D major) describes the wind that now drives the ship, as well as the arrival in port.