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Prom 36: Gemma New conducts Mendelssohn鈥檚 A Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream

主播大秀 Proms 2024

Live at the 主播大秀 Proms: 主播大秀 Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Gemma New with clarinettist Anthony McGill in music by Mozart, Mel Bonis and Felix Mendelssohn.

Live at the 主播大秀 Proms: 主播大秀 Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Gemma New with clarinettist Anthony McGill in music by Mozart, Mel Bonis and Felix Mendelssohn.

Presented by Kate Molleson, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Mel Bonis: Salom茅
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto

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INTERVAL: British pianist and composer David Owen Norris joins Kate Molleson to discuss Mendelssohn鈥檚 early encounter with Shakespeare鈥檚 prose and the ensuing creative journey which resulted in his incidental music to one of the bard鈥檚 best-known stories.

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Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music

Anthony McGill (clarinet)
Moyo Akand茅 (actor)
Ewan Black (actor)
NYCOS Chamber Choir
主播大秀 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Gemma New (conductor)

In the summer of 1826 Felix Mendelssohn stumbled upon a German translation of A Midsummer Night鈥檚 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 鈥� the most enchanting and characterful he would write. Gemma New joins the 主播大秀 Scottish Symphony Orchestra for Mendelssohn鈥檚 musical retelling of Shakespeare鈥檚 story performed with extracts from the play for dramatic context 鈥� after equally colourful musical storytelling from forgotten French late-Romantic composer Mel Bonis and the heavenly sounds of Mozart鈥檚 Clarinet Concerto.

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Fri 16 Aug 2024 19:30
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Music Played

  • Mel Bonis

    Salome Op.100

    Orchestra: 主播大秀 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gemma New.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto In A Major K.622

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Orchestra: 主播大秀 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gemma New.

  • Trad.

    Amazing Grace

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Music Arranger: Jasmine Barnes. Conductor: Gemma New.

  • Madeleine Dring

    Take, O Take Those Lips Away

    Music Arranger: Roderick Williams. Performer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Antigone, Op. 55 - No. 1, Strahl des Helios, schonstes Licht

    Performer: Ren茅 Pape. Performer: Berlin Radio Choir. Conductor: Stefan Solt茅sz.

  • Benjamin Britten

    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 2: Introduction

    Performer: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.

  • John Dankworth

    Dunsinane Blues (After Macbeth)

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Performer: Cleo Laine.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream - Incidental Music Op.61

    Performer: Moyo Akande. Performer: Ewan Black. Orchestra: 主播大秀 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gemma New. Conductor: Victoria Newlyn. Choir: National Youth Choir of Scotland.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E flat major

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.

  • Michael Haydn

    Horn Concerto No. 2 in D Major, MH 53: I. Allegro moderato

    Performer: P艡emysl Vojta. Conductor: Martin Petr谩k. Orchestra: Haydn Ensemble Prague.
    • Michael & Joseph Haydn: Horn Concertos.
    • Cavi-Music.
    • 1.

  • Michael Haydn

    Horn Concerto No. 2 in D Major, MH 53: III. Allegro vivace

    Performer: P艡emysl Vojta. Conductor: Martin Petr谩k. Orchestra: Haydn Ensemble Prague.
    • Michael & Joseph Haydn: Horn Concertos.
    • Cavi-Music.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Fri 16 Aug 2024 19:30
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