Title ein sommernachstraum after shakespeare composer mendelssohn, felix. Scherzo from midsummers night dream video link here. 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. Morten zeuthen, cello professor at the royal danish academy of music, discusses and demonstrates the scherzo from mendelssohn s a midsummer night s dream. This violin excerpt is from measure 17 until 99 which is usually the first page in most editions. Miklos perenyi cello, zoltan kocsis piano, evelyn dubourg piano, budapest philharmonic orchestra, budapest strings, hungarian national philharmonic orchestra, janos kovacs, ivan fischer. Print and download scherzo from a midsummer night s dream for clarinet quartet sheet music. At two separate times, felix mendelssohn composed music for william shakespeares play a. 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.
Inspired by william shakespeares comedy a midsummer night s dream, felix mendelssohn completed his famous eponymous overture in 1826. Scherzo fr midsummer nights dream by felix bartholdy. Mendelssohn a midsummer nights dream viola excerpts. Titania awakes clinging rapturously to bottom, still wearing the donkeys head, in shakespeares a midsummer nights dream. 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. The nocturne was one of three purely instrumental movements, which are often played as a unified suite or as independent pieces, at. Felix mendelssohn s wedding march is one of the best known pieces from his suite of incidental music op. Scherzo from midsummer nights dream felix mendelssohn. Jakob ludwig felix mendelssohn bartholdy, known generally as felix mendelssohn 18091847 was a german composer, pianist, organist, and conductor of the early romantic period. A midsummer nights dream work by mendelssohn britannica. Marin alsops guide to mendelssohns a midsummer night. Though i will mostly address the only the first part, what i say can quite easily be applied to the second.
This piece is a mainstay of both principal and second clarinet auditions. A contextual approach to learning orchestral excerpts for cello. The consistency of style and musical unity between them belie the disparate dates of composition. Mendelssohn nocturne from midsummer nights dream sheet. The extracts branagh uses fit well with mendelssohns. Score,set of parts sheet music by felix bartholdy mendelssohn 18091847. Scherzo welcome to the daily download, a handpicked, free, downloadable piece of classical music available every weekday.
Mendelssohn midsummer night s dream scherzo cello excerpt no duration. Mendelssohn cello excerpt from midsummer nights dream audition. A midsummer nights dream excerpts, a classical music album by janos kovacs. Morten zeuthen, cello professor at the royal danish academy of music, discusses and demonstrates the scherzo from mendelssohns a midsummer nights dream. Mendelssohn, maag, the london symphony orchestra, vyvyan, lowe, female chorus of the royal opera house, of the covent garden a midsummer nights dream. Mendelssohns incidental music for a midsummer nights dream, op. This is the scherzo from mendelssohn midsummer nights dream. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic.
E to 3 measures after i scan the qr code or copy the address below into your wallet to send bitcoin. The lovely nocturne, as arranged by moszkowski, makes a beautiful piano number, retaining all the charm of the original. Print and download in pdf or midi scherzo from a midsummer nights dream. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. 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. Mendelssohn midsummer nights dream scherzo cello excerpt no. The score of mendelssohn s overture to a midsummer night s dream was completed on august 26, 1826, when the composer was 17. Here mendelssohn is in his element as the purveyor of his glorious midsummer nights dream fantasy and rakishness. 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. This is one of the most requested cello excerpts at symphony cello auditions.
They also recorded the complete incidental score of. 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. Speed and technical tautness are of the essence as the. Mendelssohn was by then the music director of the kings academy of the arts and of the leipzig gewandhaus orchestra.
Morten zeuthen, cello professor at the royal danish academy of music, discusses and demonstrates the scherzo from mendelssohns a midsummer nights. Mendelssohn s music to midsummernights dream, written in his eighteenth year, still remains the exemplar for all fairy music. 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. 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. 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. This is the mendelssohn cello excerpt from a midsummer nights dream, scherzo.
Mendelssohn crafted 14 short pieces based on themes and moods from the earlier piece. To view the first page of mendelssohn scherzo for viola click the music sheet image. Cello excerpts youtube sydney symphony orchestra masterclass cello beethoven symphony no. Mendelssohn, a midsummer nights dream, scherzo, from the first flute. 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. He wrote the octet as a birthday gift for his friend and violin teacher eduard ritz.
Mendelssohn wedding march from midsummer nights dream. 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. Mendelssohn scherzo from a midsummer nights dream op. Inspired by william shakespeares comedy a midsummer nights dream, felix mendelssohn completed his famous eponymous overture in 1826. Titania awakes clinging rapturously to bottom, still wearing the donkeys head, in shakespeares a midsummer night s dream. Cello audition excerpt from mendelssohns scherzo practice video cello. Mendelssohn wrote music for a production of the play in 1843. They also recorded the complete incidental score of the dream during previns tenure as music director. Mendelssohn cello excerpt from midsummer nights dream. Listen to your favorite songs from 100 essential mendelssohn. Mendelssohn wedding march from midsummer nights dream sheet. Mendelssohn a midsummer nights dream cello excerpts. It was written to a commission from king frederick william iv of prussia.
It is one of the most frequently used wedding marches, generally being played on a church pipe organ. Shop and buy scherzo fr midsummer nights dream sheet music. Mendelssohn a midsummer nights dream violin excerpts. Dg gives us this 1994 production with seiji ozawa leading the boston symphony orchestra and tanglewood chorus alongside the inimitable kathleen battle, frederica. This transcription is part of the 26 selected studies for the flute by french flutist and composer josephhenri altes. The score of mendelssohns overture to a midsummer nights dream was completed on august 26, 1826, when the composer was 17. Mendelssohn was born on 3rd february 1809 in hamburg, germany into a notable jewish family his grandfather was the philosopher moses mendelssohn. Scan the qr code or copy the address below to send bitcoin. The incidental music for the play itself was composed in 1842 and was presented for the first time in a germanlanguage production at. Mendelssohns music to midsummernights dream, written in his eighteenth year, still remains the exemplar for all fairy music. In order to regulate the volume, despite of the changes of bow speed, one. 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 scherzo leads directly into the first melodrama, a passage of text spoken over music. Mendelssohn performed in public at the age of 9 and composed already from the age of 11. 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. As a pupil of friedrich zelter, who was a friend of goethe, mendelssohn composed at the age of 17 his first masterpiece. Felix mendelssohns wedding march is one of the best known pieces from his suite of incidental music op. Scherzo from a midsummer nights dream piano, fourhands. Mendelssohn s incidental music for a midsummer night s dream, op. Miklos perenyi cello, zoltan kocsis piano, evelyn dubourg piano, budapest philharmonic orchestra, budapest strings, hungarian national philharmonic orchestra. Remember that this song and all songs are free to download on. Mendelssohn a midsummer nights dream clarinet excerpts.
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. He wrote incidental music for the same play sixteen years later, and effortlessly. Scherzo from midsummer night s dream felix mendelssohn. The second disc is a regular audio of these same performances.
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