Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream - McGill Symphony Orchestra

Sommernachtstraum - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)

Featuring:
Lauren Woods (Elfe I), Simone McIntosh (Elfe II) and members of the McGill University Chorus - Jean-Sébastien Vallée, artistic director
McGill Symphony Orchestra - Alexis Hauser, artistic director.

Recorded Feb. 25, 2016, Pollack Hall, Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Montreal.

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[catherinejones]

There's something special about youthful orchestras, with inclusive young choirs and brilliant vocal soloists, and when they are as good as this one, great hope for the future of future orchestral music as these young players go to many other orchestras after University. A delightful rendition of this wonderful music.

[DreamDance]

I have loved A Midsummer Night's Dream from the time I was a child, pretending to dance. The piece is so rich, and the students of the Schulich School of Music handle their instruments and voices as professionals. Someday I would love to see and hear the School of Music in Canada. Meanwhile, I'm on my stationary bike with A Midsummer Night's Dream every day.

[sharonanthony]

Beautiful musicianship displayed by all performers. Thank you for your diligence in all your musical studies!!! Superb teaching makes for superb students. Kudos to all.

[shin-i-chikozima]

Mendelssohn is a great Alchemist of the dream

This wonderful performance will be able to soothe humans

The wonderfulness and comfort of this performance are amazing by an order of magnitude more awesome

[v.s.vitale]

What a magnificent performance. Bravo.

[shin-i-chikozima]

This wonderful performance has a healing effect, and is a great exilir of the soul

[shin-i-chikozima]

Come on all good boys and girls ❗
The very interesting stage play of Mendelssohn's 「 A midsummer night's dream 」 will begin ！
Everyone is quiet and watching ‼️
This orchestra's performance and chorus's scale are incomparable and exquisite and effulgent and beyond my imagination ‼️

From
Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵 where currently the cherry blossoms are in full bloom everywhere

Japan is full of the scent of light pink color of the cherry blossoms in full bloom .

Come on good adult men and women ！
The cherry blossoms in full bloom wait for you ！

[grafeilleclotilde]

Alors, je peux me tromper, mais on dirait que ça s'articule comme ça :
00:30 Ouverture - Allegro di molto
14:01 Scherzo - Allegro vivace
20:01 Marche des Elfes - Allegro vivace
20:59 Chœur des Elfes (Duo avec chœur) : « Bunte Schlangen, zweigezüngt (Serpents multicolores, à la langue double) » - Allegro ma non troppo
24:11 Intermezzo - Allegro appassionato
26:38 Nocturne - Con moto tranquillo
34:37 Marche nuptiale - Allegro vivace
39:09 Prologue
39:28 Marche funèbre - Andante commodo
40:51 Danse bergamasque (Rüpeltanz : Danse des grotesques) - Allegro di molto
42:40 Finale : « Bei des Feuers mattem Flimmern (Au scintillement mat du feu) » - Allegro di molto

[jimnelson]

Mendelssohn was a fabulous talent who passed on far to soon.

[Mahlerweber]

Good performance. Nocturne is my all-time favorite -- makes me think of lakes and forests.

[wbiro]

1:39 is when I usually stop listening, but you did the right transition (most conductors have the orchestra blast it, which doesn't work). More phrase dynamics in the beginning strings sequence would be nice (maybe even magical) (definitely more intense)...

[susannunes]

Wonderful performance...and once I loved Mendelssohn mostly because he brought back Bach....

[wallykimball]

Such a beautiful song. I read somewhere that Hitler banned the playing of Mendelssohn because he was a Jew. And wow what a magnificent performance!

[DonnaLee-gq]

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[georgoulakisspyros]

Ο Μέντελσον έφυγε πολυ νωρίς σε ηλικία 38 χρόνων

[gapont]

what is the rush ?? The conductor had probably a train to catch.