Comedy and tragedy intertwine in this St. Paul Chamber Orchestra program of theatrical music including Ludwig van Beethoven’s dramatic Coriolan Overture and Felix Mendelssohn’s lighthearted music for William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Also on the program, Haydn’s Il Distratto Symphony repurposes music from a comedic play about a gentleman so absent-minded he nearly forgets his own wedding! Listen to the concert now.
Program
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Brady, creative lead
Cassie Pilgrim, English horn *
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne and Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
JEAN SIBELIUS (ARR. JONATHAN POSTHUMA): “The Swan of Tuonela” No. 2 from Legends *
JOSEPH HAYDN: Symphony No. 60 (Il Distratto)
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