Midnight Chillin' to ... Mendelssohn's Sea Cave
The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - Overture by Felix Mendelssohn
I heard part of this on WRR 101.1 last week while on the commute home and really liked it. So I did more research on this pretty piece.
Music inspired by a sea cave in Scotland. And it's still there! With gorgeous pictures to see! That's amazing. I like blue waters and natural wonders, and this piece was a pretty picture of the cave, with the sea waves going through it.
Listen here: Hebrides Overture
See: Pictures of Fingal's Cave and more pictures here.
And the basaltic columns are fascinating. "How To Train Your Dragon" (movie) actually has basaltic columns as one of its landscapes, which I had never seen before until I heard the Hebrides Overture and research the inspiration.