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Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Video-masterclass with: Jim Walker – Former First Flute of the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream

by Beinum, Eduard van; Concertgebouw Orchestra | Naxos Classical Archive

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Work:

  • Mendelssohn Midsummer Night’s Dream – Scherzo

 

Composed:

  • 1842

 

First Performance:

  • October 14th 1843, At New Palace, Potsdam. Performed by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra as incidental music to the play by Shakespeare.

 

Movements:

(Orchestra Movements)

  • Overture
  • Scherzo
  • Intermezzo
  • Nocturne
  • Wedding March

 

Audio excerpt from:

  • Label: Naxos Classical Archives
  • Artists: Beinum, Eduard van; Concertgebouw Orchestra

 

Video lesson by:

  • Jim Walker

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