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Prom 48: Matthias Pintscher and Mendelssohn
Part of the BBC Proms 2016 Series
Add to my Calendar 21-08-2016 19:30 21-08-2016 21:30 36 Prom 48: Matthias Pintscher and Mendelssohn Narcissus, the Thespian hunter who fell in love with his own image, inspired Matthias Pintscher to compose his own reflection on ‘the interaction of different groups and their mirror images’, a work for cello and orchestra. Pintscher conducts Reflections on Narcissus here before a semi-staged performance of Mendelssohn’s incidental music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Mendelssohn’s delicate, mercurial and strident music is interspersed with excerpts from Shakespeare’s text to form a centrepiece of this season’s celebrations of Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary. Royal Albert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England
Programme
Matthias Pintscher – Reflections on Narcissus
~ Interval ~
Felix Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op.61
Performers
Alisa Weilerstein – Cello
Matthias Pintscher – Conductor
Katherine Broderick – soprano
Clara Mouriz – mezzo-soprano
Bijan Sheibani – stage director
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Finchley Childrens Music Group
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Programme Note
Narcissus, the Thespian hunter who fell in love with his own image, inspired Matthias Pintscher to compose his own reflection on ‘the interaction of different groups and their mirror images’, a work for cello and orchestra. Pintscher conducts Reflections on Narcissus here before a semi-staged performance of Mendelssohn’s incidental music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Mendelssohn’s delicate, mercurial and strident music is interspersed with excerpts from Shakespeare’s text to form a centrepiece of this season’s celebrations of Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary.