Masterworks: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Name:
Masterworks: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Date:
April 1, 2017
Time:
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM EDT
Website:
http://www.fwphil.org
Event Description:
Masterworks 8 | April 1, 2017
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
7:30 PM | Embassy Theatre
Andrew Constantine, conductor
Fort Wayne Philharmonic Women’s Chorus – Benjamin Rivera, director
Sibelius Excerpts from The Tempest, Suite No. 1, Op. 109
Nyman Prospero’s Books, Music from the Film by Peter Greenaway
Mendelssohn Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opp. 21 and 61
Born over 450 years ago, Shakespeare has inspired music by Verdi to the Beatles and Barenaked Ladies. Three Shakespearean works are represented here in vastly different guises. The program’s centerpiece is Mendelssohn’s sparkling A Midsummer Night’s Dream, complete with actors reading from the Bard’s comedy.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
7:30 PM | Embassy Theatre
Andrew Constantine, conductor
Fort Wayne Philharmonic Women’s Chorus – Benjamin Rivera, director
Sibelius Excerpts from The Tempest, Suite No. 1, Op. 109
Nyman Prospero’s Books, Music from the Film by Peter Greenaway
Mendelssohn Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opp. 21 and 61
Born over 450 years ago, Shakespeare has inspired music by Verdi to the Beatles and Barenaked Ladies. Three Shakespearean works are represented here in vastly different guises. The program’s centerpiece is Mendelssohn’s sparkling A Midsummer Night’s Dream, complete with actors reading from the Bard’s comedy.
