A journey to Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream
Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps a musical landscape around Mendelssohn鈥檚 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鈥檚 Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream Overture, exploring summery sonic avenues that link music across time and space. From Purcell鈥檚 Fairy Queen to Gershwin鈥檚 Summertime via musical dreams and donkeys, Sara charts a musical journey towards Mendelssohn鈥檚 midsummer masterpiece.
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Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Overture)
Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe. Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs鈥惷塴ys茅es.- Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream: Herreweghe.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro (Overture)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.- Decca.
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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.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Das Jahr: Juni
Performer: Lauma Skride.- SONY.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Whispers of Summer
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.- Coleridge-Taylor: Partsongs.
- Delphian Records.
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George Gershwin
Summertime (Porgy and Bess)
Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Peter Dugan. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.- At Home With Music (Live).
- Sony Classical.
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Traditional Swedish
骋盲谤诲别产测濒氓迟别苍
Composer: Hjort-Anders Olsson. Orchestra: Gothenburg Sinfonietta. Conductor: Tomas Blank.- Folktoner och visor p氓 klassiskt vis.
- Naxos Sweden.
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Trad.
Sweet Lemaney
- WildGoose.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Oberon (Overture)
Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.- Weber: Overtures: Tapiola Sinfonietta, Kantorow.
- BIS.
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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.
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Amy Beach
Three Shakespeare Songs: Fairy Lullaby
Performer: James Lisney. Singer: Emma Kirkby.- BIS.
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Elvis Costello
Sleep (Il Sogno)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- Elvis Costello: Il Sogno.
- DG.
- 20.
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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.
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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.
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Robert Schumann
Tr盲umerei (Kinderszenen Op.15)
Performer: Martha Argerich.- Kinderszenen / Kreisleriana.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Octet in E flat major Op.20 for strings (3rd mvt)
Performer: James Ehnes. Ensemble: Seattle Chamber Music Society.- ONYX.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
A l'aspect de ce nuage (Platee, Act 2 Scene 3)
Singer: Marcel Beekman. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Elisabetta Brusa
Favole: The Donkey in the Lion's Skin
Orchestra: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fabio Mastrangelo.- Brusa: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2.
- Naxos.
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Benjamin Britten
Concord (Gloriana)
Music Arranger: Matthew Barley. Performer: Matthew Barley.- SIGNUM.
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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麻豆社 Radio 3