Next he travelled to Italy where he wrote the Italian Symphony.
The concert finished with light after darkness: Mendelssohn's sunny "Italian" Symphony, in a slightly blurry but cheerful performance.
Other works written for the Society include the Italian Symphony by Felix Mendelssohn.
The final movement of his Italian Symphony is in the form of a tarantella.
The main attraction was a revised version of one of Mendelssohn's most popular masterpieces, the "Italian" Symphony.
The program, as printed, concluded with Mendelssohn's "Italian" Symphony.
It is also among the large multi-movement works to begin in a major key and end in the tonic minor; another being Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony.
The program includes the premiere of "Italian Symphony" set to the music of Mendelssohn.
Another Mendelssohn favorite, the "Italian" Symphony, complements this final concert of the season (776-1444).
When they entered the concert-hall, the orchestra had already begun the programme of the day with Mendelssohn's "Italian" Symphony.