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A journey to Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps a musical landscape around Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, listening in deeply to find sonic connections across time and space.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps the musical terrain around Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture, exploring summery sonic avenues that link music across time and space. From Purcell’s Fairy Queen to Gershwin’s Summertime via musical dreams and donkeys, Sara charts a musical journey towards Mendelssohn’s midsummer masterpiece.

1 hour, 29 minutes

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Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream (Overture)

    Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe. Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs‐ÉlysĂ©es.
    • Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream: Herreweghe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Marriage of Figaro (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Decca.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Finale II

    Singer: Celina Lindsley. Choir: Berliner Rundfunk Sinfonie Chor. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Gerd Albrecht.
    • CPO.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Das Jahr: Juni

    Performer: Lauma Skride.
    • SONY.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Whispers of Summer

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Partsongs.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 11.

  • George Gershwin

    Summertime (Porgy and Bess)

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Peter Dugan. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.
    • At ±«Óătv With Music (Live).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.

  • Traditional Swedish

    łÒĂ€°ù»ć±đČúČâ±ôĂ„łÙ±đČÔ

    Composer: Hjort-Anders Olsson. Orchestra: Gothenburg Sinfonietta. Conductor: Tomas Blank.
    • Folktoner och visor pĂ„ klassiskt vis.
    • Naxos Sweden.
    • 9.

  • Trad.

    Sweet Lemaney

    • WildGoose.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Oberon (Overture)

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.
    • Weber: Overtures: Tapiola Sinfonietta, Kantorow.
    • BIS.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op 61 No 2, L'istesso tempo

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream.
    • DG.
    • 3.

  • Amy Beach

    Three Shakespeare Songs: Fairy Lullaby

    Performer: James Lisney. Singer: Emma Kirkby.
    • BIS.

  • Elvis Costello

    Sleep (Il Sogno)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Elvis Costello: Il Sogno.
    • DG.
    • 20.

  • Bjarte Eike

    You Spotted Snakes / Hush No More

    Composer: Henry Purcell. Singer: Thomas Guthrie. Director: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene.
    • The Playhouse Sessions - Bjarte Eike & Barokksolistene.
    • Rubicon.
    • 8.

  • William Herschel

    Symphony No 2 in D major (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Herschel: Symphonies: London Mozart Players, Matthias Bamert.
    • Chandos.

  • Robert Schumann

    TrÀumerei (Kinderszenen Op.15)

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Kinderszenen / Kreisleriana.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet in E flat major Op.20 for strings (3rd mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Ensemble: Seattle Chamber Music Society.
    • ONYX.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    A l'aspect de ce nuage (Platee, Act 2 Scene 3)

    Singer: Marcel Beekman. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Elisabetta Brusa

    Favole: The Donkey in the Lion's Skin

    Orchestra: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fabio Mastrangelo.
    • Brusa: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Concord (Gloriana)

    Music Arranger: Matthew Barley. Performer: Matthew Barley.
    • SIGNUM.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music Suite no.2 in D major HWV.349 (Alla Hornpipe)

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

Broadcast

  • Sun 23 Jun 2024 13:30
    ±«Óătv Radio 3