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Matthew Kraemer, conductor
MENDELSSOHN: Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
DIAMOND: Music from Romeo and Juliet
- Overture
- Balcony Scene
- Romeo and Friar Laurence
- Juliet and Her Nurse
- The Death of Romeo and Juliet
SHOSTAKOVICH: Incidental Music from Hamlet: Selections
Introduction and Night Watch
2. Funeral March
3. Flourish and Dancing Music
4. Desire
5. Actor's Pantomime
8. The Banquet
10. Cradle Song
11. Requiem
12. March of Fortinbras
KORNGOLD: Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11
- Overture
- Maiden in the Bridal Chambers
- March of the Watch
- Garden Scene
- Hornpipe
DURATION: Approximately 100 minutes, including intermission.
The drama and romance of theater abound in this program that includes an enchanting Shakespearean overture written by Felix Mendelssohn when he was only seventeen years old. We follow with music from modern American composer David Diamond and Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, and the program closes with Erich Korngold’s cinematic music for Max Reinhardt’s 1920 production of Much Ado About Nothing.
Doors: 5:00pm /// Concert: 6:00pm