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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[@DreamDance1621]

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.

[@catherinejones9396]

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.

[@jimnelson9754]

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

[@JBNemeth]

The first opera I ever saw at the age of nine in the theatre was Mozart's "Magic Flute". It remains as magical and majestic for me as does this piece of musical fantasy. The first long playing record I ever purchased was the director Otto Klemperer's MIddlesex England rendition of this piece with Heather Harper and Janet Baker. I still have it. It was my introduction to the classics. Aurally, I still measure all representations of it by that first one. It was so extraordinary. It requires great focus and concentration but a sense of whimsey to truly make it come alive in a kind of delicacy and fairy-like tone.

[@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

[@shin-i-chikozima]

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

[@sharonanthony4815]

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.

[@grafeilleclotilde2263]

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

[@emilybrennan4537]

Merci Beaucoup

[@megustaelindie]

¡Muchísimas gracias!

[@kimberlyhosang2516]

the fuq

[@v.s.vitale]

What a magnificent performance. Bravo.

[@cchris1841]

The most fantastic concert ♡

[@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 ！

[@SanjeevGhanekar21]

Lovely

[@Mahlerweber]

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

[@TakeAPen]

This is the real Ode to Joy!

[@susannunes6196]

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

[@renansilva5418]

He is the only post baroque i really enjoy also because of what i said remembers me bach

[@bethvalenzuela6689]

22:45 personal marker

[@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)...

[@un23]

34:38

[@wallykimball8829]

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!

[@JuanRuiz-pb9jn]

Así Hitler se vengo con esos judíos que en reencarnaciones anteriores se burlaron los judíos de un gran mesías, Jesucristo.

[@Lillipod1]

21 mins

[@DonnaLee-g8q]

Johnson Brian Rodriguez Betty Hall Lisa

[@georgoulakisspyros5895]

Πολυ γρήγορα πέθανε συνθετης

[@georgoulakisspyros5895]

Ο Μέντελσον έφυγε πολυ νωρίς σε ηλικία 38 χρόνων

[@gapont2]

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