Midsummer Night’s Dream
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Conductor Olari Elts
Piano Sylvia Jiang
Trumpet Huw Dann
Brigid Ursula Bisley Illumination
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No.1
Weber Oberon: Overture
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream (selections)
Mendelssohn, unbelievably, was just 17 when he wrote his magical Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Years later, he recaptured the fairy land in his gossamer music for the entire play. Auckland Phil will perform a selection of highlights, including the beloved Wedding March. An extra thematic treat will be the Overture to Oberon, Weber's only English opera.
Auckland’s own Sylvia Jiang joins our Principal Trumpet Huw Dann for Shostakovich’s gleefully crazy concerto. It’s uproarious music from a high-spirited young man.
And to open, with undercurrents of darkness, New Zealand composer Brigid Ursula Bisley’s music is an illumination of distant stars and far horizons.
