A midsummer nights dream excerpts, a classical music album by janos kovacs. Mendelssohn was by then the music director of the kings academy of the arts and of the leipzig gewandhaus orchestra. A midsummer nights dream work by mendelssohn britannica. Scherzo from a midsummer nights dream piano, fourhands. The performance of mendelssohns equally read more delightful incidental music to a midsummer nights dream is taken from the same concert, though kenneth branaghs narration was added later he projects well and the acoustics are well matched, so the result feels perfectly natural. Scan the qr code or copy the address below to send bitcoin.
Mendelssohn a midsummer nights dream viola excerpts. Mendelssohn wedding march from midsummer nights dream sheet. This is the scherzo from mendelssohn midsummer nights dream. The score of mendelssohns overture to a midsummer nights dream was completed on august 26, 1826, when the composer was 17.
If anything, the virtuosity in this scherzo is exceeded in that of a midsummer nights dream where john eliot gardiner lops off at least 20 seconds from the. Listen to your favorite songs from 100 essential mendelssohn. Mendelssohn wedding march from midsummer nights dream. Mendelssohn a midsummer nights dream violin excerpts. Mendelssohn was born on 3rd february 1809 in hamburg, germany into a notable jewish family his grandfather was the philosopher moses mendelssohn. Shop and buy scherzo from a midsummer nights dream sheet music. Mendelssohn, peter maag london symphony orchestra a. The extracts branagh uses fit well with mendelssohns. Miklos perenyi cello, zoltan kocsis piano, evelyn dubourg piano, budapest philharmonic orchestra, budapest strings, hungarian national philharmonic orchestra. Speed and technical tautness are of the essence as the. Mendelssohn performed in public at the age of 9 and composed already from the age of 11. This is the mendelssohn cello excerpt from a midsummer nights dream, scherzo.
Cello excerpts youtube sydney symphony orchestra masterclass cello beethoven symphony no. There are many compositional felicities along its placid course, and it remains for the quicksilver scherzo that follows to give the trio a major kick in the temperament. The score of mendelssohn s overture to a midsummer night s dream was completed on august 26, 1826, when the composer was 17. The stunning accomplishment the overture represents testifiies not only to the creative maturity of the seventeenyearold composer, but also to mendelssohn s music as the embodiment of the romantic ideal of the marriage of music and poetry. Mendelssohn, a midsummer nights dream, scherzo, from the first flute. Mendelssohn cello excerpt from midsummer nights dream audition. Jakob ludwig felix mendelssohn bartholdy, known generally as felix mendelssohn 18091847 was a german composer, pianist, organist, and conductor of the early romantic period. E to 3 measures after i scan the qr code or copy the address below into your wallet to send bitcoin. Felix mendelssohn 18091847 complete incidental music for a midsummer nights dream by william shakespeare with spoken text and melodramas in english oberon snout moth tom mison puck philostrate adrian grove titania hermia emily raymond helena fairy hippolyta peaseblossom annemarie piazza. The nocturne was one of three purely instrumental movements, which are often played as a unified suite or as independent pieces, at. The second disc is a regular audio of these same performances. Mendelssohn scherzo from a midsummer nights dream op. Cello audition excerpt from mendelssohns scherzo practice video cello. Scherzo fr midsummer nights dream by felix bartholdy.
Title ein sommernachstraum after shakespeare composer mendelssohn, felix. Mendelssohn wrote music for a production of the play in 1843. Arranged for harpthis wedding march was composed by felix mendelssohn in 1842 as a part of his suite for shakespeares play a midsummer nights dream. This is the mendelssohn cello excerpt from a midsummer night s dream, scherzo. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. A contextual approach to learning orchestral excerpts for cello.
Inspired by william shakespeares comedy a midsummer night s dream, felix mendelssohn completed his famous eponymous overture in 1826. Here mendelssohn is in his element as the purveyor of his glorious midsummer nights dream fantasy and rakishness. At two separate times, felix mendelssohn composed music for william shakespeares play a. The stunning accomplishment the overture represents testifiies not only to the creative maturity of the seventeenyearold composer, but also to mendelssohns music as the embodiment of the romantic ideal of the marriage of music. They also recorded the complete incidental score of the dream during previns tenure as music director. The lovely nocturne, as arranged by moszkowski, makes a beautiful piano number, retaining all the charm of the original. It was written to a commission from king frederick william iv of prussia. Mendelssohn returned to shakespeare in 1843 at the request of prussian king frederick william iv, an admirer of the overture, who wanted a set of incidental music for an upcoming production of a midsummer nights dream. Shop and buy scherzo fr midsummer nights dream sheet music. Print and download in pdf or midi scherzo from a midsummer nights dream. He wrote incidental music for the same play sixteen years later, and effortlessly. Mendelssohns incidental music for a midsummer nights dream, op. The lso has always done well in its various mendelssohn recordings, starting from peter maags decca recordings of the scottish pieces and excerpts from the midsummer night s dream score.
This violin excerpt is from measure 17 until 99 which is usually the first page in most editions. Morten zeuthen, cello professor at the royal danish academy of music, discusses and demonstrates the scherzo from mendelssohns a midsummer nights dream. This transcription is part of the 26 selected studies for the flute by french flutist and composer josephhenri altes. Mendelssohn midsummer nights dream scherzo cello excerpt no. Inspired by william shakespeares comedy a midsummer nights dream, felix mendelssohn completed his famous eponymous overture in 1826. Mendelssohn s incidental music for a midsummer night s dream, op. The lso has always done well in its various mendelssohn recordings, starting from peter maags decca recordings of the scottish pieces and excerpts from the midsummer nights dream score. Though i will mostly address the only the first part, what i say can quite easily be applied to the second. Mendelssohn a midsummer nights dream clarinet excerpts. This piece is a mainstay of both principal and second clarinet auditions. It is most commonly played as a wedding recessional. The consistency of style and musical unity between them belie the disparate dates of composition. Score,set of parts sheet music by felix bartholdy mendelssohn 18091847.
Mendelssohn, maag, the london symphony orchestra, vyvyan, lowe, female chorus of the royal opera house, of the covent garden a midsummer nights dream. Mendelssohn nocturne from midsummer nights dream sheet. Scherzo from midsummer nights dream felix mendelssohn. Miklos perenyi cello, zoltan kocsis piano, evelyn dubourg piano, budapest philharmonic orchestra, budapest strings, hungarian national philharmonic orchestra, janos kovacs, ivan fischer. In order to regulate the volume, despite of the changes of bow speed, one. Dg gives us this 1994 production with seiji ozawa leading the boston symphony orchestra and tanglewood chorus alongside the inimitable kathleen battle, frederica. The incidental music for the play itself was composed in 1842 and was presented for the first time in a germanlanguage production at. It is one of the most frequently used wedding marches, generally being played on a church pipe organ. Mendelssohn s music to midsummernights dream, written in his eighteenth year, still remains the exemplar for all fairy music. Mendelssohn midsummer night s dream scherzo cello excerpt no duration.
Morten zeuthen, cello professor at the royal danish academy of music, discusses and demonstrates the scherzo from mendelssohns a midsummer nights. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. Morten zeuthen, cello professor at the royal danish academy of music, discusses and demonstrates the scherzo from mendelssohn s a midsummer night s dream. Scherzo from midsummer night s dream felix mendelssohn. Mendelssohn a midsummer nights dream cello excerpts. Here, opera and drama were truly united, he said of his time at berlins kroll theatre, a progressive and influential force in the heady years of the weimar republic.
Print and download scherzo from a midsummer night s dream for clarinet quartet sheet music. He wrote the octet as a birthday gift for his friend and violin teacher eduard ritz. Titania awakes clinging rapturously to bottom, still wearing the donkeys head, in shakespeares a midsummer night s dream. The scherzo leads directly into the first melodrama, a passage of text spoken over music. Mendelssohns music to midsummernights dream, written in his eighteenth year, still remains the exemplar for all fairy music. As a pupil of friedrich zelter, who was a friend of goethe, mendelssohn composed at the age of 17 his first masterpiece. Mendelssohn cello excerpt from midsummer nights dream. Midsummer nights dream a sung in english wollerman, becker, varsity voices, nota bene choir, new zealand symphony, judd in 1826 felix mendelssohn, aged only seventeen, composed his famous overture to a midsummer nights dream. The nocturne was one of three purely instrumental movements, which are often played as a unified suite or as independent pieces, at concert performance or on recording. Genius roger nichols, bbc music, april 2017 this listing does not disclose that it contains two discs, one of which is a bluray video and audio of the performance of the mendelssohn symphony no. To view the first page of mendelssohn scherzo for viola click the music sheet image.
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