Orchestration of a haunting Scherzo fragment for string quartett by Mendelssohn

[gprengel]

here now my score of the Finale:
http://gerdprengel.de/mend6-4.pdf
http://gerdprengel.de/mend6-4.mp3

[Peter]

Certainly a labour of love Gerd - as a finale for a Symphony in C though it would have been highly unusual to have the majority of the movement in E minor?

[gprengel]

Yes, it is unusual when only the coda is in the main key. But the original of the quartet is in e minor and the question is whether I should change the main part into c minor or keep the original key. Mahler 9th is in D Major and has the last wonderful movement in Db Major which is even more unusual...

How I love to play this in full volume ...