Mendelssohn - hebrides overture fingels cave - Classical Music - 10:28 - The Hebrides Overture, opus 26 also known as Fingal's Cave is a concert overture composed by Felix Mendelssohn. Written in 1830 inspired by a cavern known as Fingal's Cave on an island in the Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland called Staffa. Originally nammed 'The Lonely Island'.