Mendelssohn on Mull Festival

The natural beauty of Scotland and its rich history of fact and fable delighted the young composer and inspired his Hebrides overture and Symphony No.

The concert overture known both as The Hebrides and as Fingal's Cave was composed shortly after his visit, and was originally entitled "The Lonely Island".

In a note to his sister, Fanny Mendelssohn he said: "In order to make you understand how extraordinarily the Hebrides affected me, I send you the following, which came into my head there.

[4] The festival was founded in 1988 by the violinist Leonard Friedman, as a week of music-making, concentrating on string chamber music, where the participants were a blend of established professionals and students, at which audiences were welcome at no cost.

[5] Following Friedman's death in 1994, the festival has maintained this pattern with artistic direction being provided by Levon Chilingirian[6][7][8] (2003–2016), and the Doric String Quartet (2018 to present).