Prom 36 - Gemma New conducts Mendelssohn's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
Work:: Prom 36 (S361)
Part of the BBC Proms.
Production:: Gemma New conducts Mendelssohn's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (T871987565)
In the summer of 1826 Felix Mendelssohn stumbled upon a German translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream made by August Wilhelm Schlegel. Spellbound, the 17-year-old composer wrote an orchestral overture for the play and, another 17 years later, augmented it with yet more scene-setting music - the most enchanting and characterful he would write. Gemma New joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for Mendelssohn's musical retelling of Shakespeare's story - performed with readings from the play for dramatic context - after equally colourful musical storytelling from forgotten French late-Romantic composer Mel Bonis and the heavenly sounds of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto. There will be an interval.
Listing:: L1244253852
Gemma New conducts Mendelssohn's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
In the summer of 1826 Felix Mendelssohn stumbled upon a German translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream made by August Wilhelm Schlegel. Spellbound, the 17-year-old composer wrote an orchestral overture for the play and, another 17 years later, augmented it with yet more scene-setting music - the most enchanting and characterful he would write. Gemma New joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for Mendelssohn's musical retelling of Shakespeare's story - performed with readings from the play for dramatic context - after equally colourful musical storytelling from forgotten French late-Romantic composer Mel Bonis and the heavenly sounds of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto. There will be an interval.
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