Mendelssohns bewitching A Midsummer Nights Dream is performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra with the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, narrated by Harriet Walter.
Mendelssohns magical A Midsummer Nights Dream Overture " composed when he was just 17 " is one of classical musics best-known and most-loved pieces. Decades later, the composer returned to Shakespeares land of fairies, villagers and young lovers to compose incidental music for the entire play. Not surprisingly, it went down as one of his most radiant successes.
Seldom performed in its entirety, this is your rare opportunity to discover Mendelssohns evocations of Shakespeares most magical play " in the company of one of Scotlands most vibrant musical partnerships.
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra is famed for its brilliant, vivid sense of storytelling in music " giving unforgettable performances in Wagners Ring cycle at the International Festival in recent years, as well as a revelatory Mahler Seventh Symphony with Music Director Thomas Sndergrd as part of last years My Light Shines On online events.
Join Sndergrd and his RSNO musicians, together with voices from the Edinburgh Festival Chorus and Chorus Director Aidan Oliver, to explore Mendelssohns bewitching musical conjuring of the Bards fairies, spells, rude mechanicals and swaggering royals.
Sung in English with supertitles
Thomas Sndergrd Conductor
Members of the Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Aidan Oliver Chorus Director
Rowan Pierce First Fairy
Kathryn Rudge Second Fairy
Dame Harriet Walter Narrator
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Nights Dream
Sung in English with supertitles
