🇩🇪Felix Mendelssohn ： Rondo Brillant in Es-Dur MWV.O10 Op.29

Written for piano and orchestra, this is one of Mendelssohn’s brilliant concertante works. Built around a rondo form, it unfolds through the alternation of a light, propulsive theme and contrasting musical ideas. Highlights include the piano’s sparkling runs and intricate passagework, as well as its exchanges with the orchestra. The work calls for more than virtuosity, requiring transparency of sound and an elegant lyrical quality. Performers should make each return of the main theme clear, maintain rhythmic precision in the faster passages, and shape the melodic episodes with ample breadth and expressive space.