8 thoughts on “ Dance Of The Clowns - Mendelssohn*, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf - A Midsummer Nights Dream . Violin Concerto (CD, Album) ”

1. Ein Tanz von Rüpeln (A dance of clowns), p. Allegro vivace come I, p. Finale (mit Chor), p. Year/Date of Composition Y/D of Comp. First Perf ormance. in Potsdam: Neuen Palais Felix Mendelssohn (conductor) First Pub lication. , - Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. Vocal Score - Plate , pages ().

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2. This is quite simply one of the finest recordings of Mendelssohn's charming and timeless incidental music for Midsummer Night's Dream. Recorded in when the Boston symphony was one of America's top five orchestras, the sound is a bit clipped in the loudest passages but still clear, transparent and warm; testimony to the excellent acoustics of symphony hall.5/5(6).

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3. Mendelssohn's incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, was completed 16 years after he wrote the Overture, Op. The consistency of style and musical unity between them belie the disparate dates of composition. The overture was by an incredibly musically gifted youth of 17, and the incidental music was by the music director of Prussia's King Friedrich Wilhelm IV's Academy of.

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4. Jun 16,  · At separate times, Felix Mendelssohn composed music for William Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. In , near the start of his career, Mendelssohn wrote a concert overture (Op.

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5. All bow-holding aspirants must master Mendelssohn's Op. 64 before applying for that coveted first chair. That gorgeous, immensely influential violin concerto is joined here by Mendelssohn's equally famous, radiant incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream.4/5(1).

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6. At two separate times, Felix Mendelssohn composed music for William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream (in German Ein Sommernachtstraum).First in , near the start of his career, he wrote a concert overture (Op. 21). Later, in , only a few years before his death, he wrote incidental music (Op. 61) for a production of the play, into which he incorporated the existing Overture.

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7. This bargain CD conflates two of his best efforts, a Midsummer Night's Dream and Mendelssohn's three best overtures (none the equal of MND, admittedly). Flor's view of Mendelssohn's delightful fairy scenario is a mite serious and weighty throughout, an effect abetted by a somewhat blowzy recording -- the resonant hall robs the woodwind and /5(3).

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8. Dec 07,  · James Ehnes tackles one of the most difficult showpieces in the violin repertoire: Mendelssohn's lone Violin Concerto, whose opening melody agitated the composer until he committed it to paper. Led by guest conductor Juanjo Mena, these concerts begin with Haydn’s “Funeral” Symphony, with a lush third movement the composer asked to have.

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