A Midsummer Night's Dream
Overture by Felix MendelssohnWikipedia
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Oct 21, 2026
TonyGUEST
So, so, so this Concerto for Turntables, I've been doing it for, for a long time.
TonyGUEST
And, um, so A Midsummer Night's Dream, uh, the ballet version of that is set to the music of Mendelssohn.
DanHOST
Yeah.
TonyGUEST
But Mendelssohn didn't write enough music for a full ballet.
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TonyGUEST
Well, I don't-- No.
TonyGUEST
Like, I'm, I'm not gonna be in tails, but, um...
TonyGUEST
Well, so b- so because the, uh, the ballet is A Midsummer Night's Dream-
DanHOST
Mm-hmm
Sheryl StaplesGUEST
We are asked to play with a spiccato consistency and regularity in many, many, many instances orchestrally that just don't exist in solo repertoire.
Sheryl StaplesGUEST
What would be a spiccato excerpt? Mendelssohn Midsummer Night's Dream.
Sheryl StaplesGUEST
Has to be so consistent.
Sheryl StaplesGUEST
Right.
Mike MainoHOST
But tell us about this first piece you brought for us.
John EellsGUEST
It's the Overture to a Midsummer Night's Dream by Mendelssohn.
John EellsGUEST
It's called Incidental Music.
John EellsGUEST
The idea being here at the very young age of 17, Mendelssohn wrote this piece.
John EellsGUEST
There's one of the famous examples.
John EellsGUEST
There's the wedding march.
John EellsGUEST
People don't often realize that one of the great wedding marches that people get married to is from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mendelssohn's incidental music to that play.
John EellsGUEST
There
Zachary DePueGUEST
Um, and then there's a third program that we do with the playhouse here called So Much Drama, and this year we did Romeo and Juliet.
Zachary DePueGUEST
Uh, last year and the last few years we've been doing Midsummer Night's Dream with Mendelssohn score.
Zachary DePueGUEST
Um, so our first six weeks here on the job are doing, rotating those three programs.
Zachary DePueGUEST
Plus we do a fourth program from Carnegie Hall called Link Up, and then we do chamber concerts that are free.
David WalesNARRATOR
"You state your case eloquently, Schumann," he said, "but my feelings revolt against darkness and indefiniteness." "Yes, yes," answered Schumann, "you are the fairies' laureate." "Hear, hear," cried David.
David WalesNARRATOR
"Now, could anything be finer in its way than the Midsummer Night's Dream music? And the wondrous brat wrote it at seventeen." Mendelssohn laughingly acknowledged the compliments.
David WalesNARRATOR
"That is a beautiful fairy song of yours," I said, "the one to Heine's verses about the fairies riding their tiny steeds through the wood." "Oh, yes," said Schumann.
David WalesNARRATOR
"Will you sing it to us?" "I am afraid it requires much lighter singing than I can give it," I replied, "but I will try if you wish." "We shall all be glad if you will," said Mendelssohn, as he turned once more to the keyboard.