Work: A Midsummer Night's Dream incidental music, Op.61| Date | Event | Composers, Works, Performers |
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| Sunday 23-Jun-13 09:00pm |
 Sanssouci Palace: Court of Honour, PotsdamScandinavian Last Night Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival |
Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night's Dream incidental music, Op.61 (Overture; Scherzo; The Spells) Nielsen, Aladdin, Suite for Orchestra, Op.34 (Gulnare's Song; Aladdin's Dream' Fatima's Song; Flute solo; Oriental Celebrations March) Lange-Muller, Der var engang, Op.25: incidental music (Prelude; Gypsy Music; Midsummer Eve Song) Grieg, Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, Op.46 (selections from) Grieg, Peer Gynt Suite no. 2, Op.55 (selections from)  |
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| Sanssouci Palace: Court of Honour, Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany Sunday 23-Jun-13 09:00pm Scandinavian Last Night This week midsummer night is celebrated everywhere in the North and each country has its very own customs. In Denmark and Norway the summer solstice festivities were connected to John the Baptist’s saint’s day, so celebrations commence tonight into "St. Hans Eve". Lighting huge bonfires to scare away evil spirits is always an important part, then there is the traditional "fire speech", which takes a satirical look at day-to-day affairs. In Denmark they even place a straw witch on top of the fire and send her back to Mount Brocken in the Harz Mountains in Germany – German craftsmen are reported to have brought this custom to the country a long time ago. A night of miracles and legends – perfect for entering musical fairy-tale worlds where Shakespeare’s elves, Nordic trolls and characters from Arabian nights gather …
Tickets € 35,- / 25,- / JFT*
*JFT = YOUNG FESTIVAL TICKET: 10 € standard charge for young people aged up to 25 (limited availability) Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847), A Midsummer Night's Dream incidental music, Op.61 (Overture; Scherzo; The Spells) Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931), Aladdin, Suite for Orchestra, Op.34 (Gulnare's Song; Aladdin's Dream' Fatima's Song; Flute solo; Oriental Celebrations March) Lange-Muller, Peter Erasmus (1850-1926), Der var engang, Op.25: incidental music (Prelude; Gypsy Music; Midsummer Eve Song) Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907), Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, Op.46 (selections from) Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907), Peer Gynt Suite no. 2, Op.55 (selections from) | ||
| Wednesday 3-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Guildhall Great Hall, London A Midsummer Night's Dream and Turnage premiere City of London Festival |
Turnage, At Sixes and Sevens (World premiere) |
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| Guildhall Great Hall, London, Gresham Street,, Barbican, London EC2V 7HH, United Kingdom Wednesday 3-Jul-13 07:30pm A Midsummer Night's Dream and Turnage premiere With Students from the City of London Academies in Hackney, Islington and Southwark. To mark the 400th anniversary of the unique relationship between Derry~Londonderry and the City of London, Northern Irish poet Paul Muldoon and composer Mark Anthony Turnage have created a work interspersed with music devised by communities from both cities, commissioned by The Honourable The Irish Society and the City of London. The world première will be performed simultaneously in the two Guildhalls of London and Derry~Londonderry with Camerata Ireland and conductor Barry Douglas. Turnage, Mark-Anthony (b. 1960), At Sixes and Sevens (World premiere) Members of the London Symphony Orchestra Soloists from the Guildhall School of Music and drama, Voice Ailish Tynan, Soprano Ben McAteer, Baritone London Symphony Chorus New London Children's Choir Paul Griffiths, Conductor François-Xavier Roth, Conductor Price type: Free | ||
| Thursday 29-Aug-13 09:00pm |
Espoo Cathedral Organ Night and Aria Festival: Nuit d'été |
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| Espoo Cathedral, Kirkkopuisto 5, Espoo 00270, Finland Thursday 29-Aug-13 09:00pm Organ Night and Aria Festival: Nuit d'été Works by Bruch, Max (1838-1920) Works by Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) | ||
