No composer has matched Mendelssohn's depiction of Shakespeare's spirits, mortals and mechanicals in his music for A
Midsummer Night's Dream. Roger Norrington conducts a complete performance of the incidental music, together with a symphony which Mendelssohn did so much to promote. Introduced by Penny Gore . Susan Gritton (soprano),
Sally Bruce-Payne (mezzo), Simon Callow and Sara Kestelman (speakers),
Ladies of the London Philharmonic
Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Roger Norrington
Schubert Symphony No 9 in C (Great) Mendelssohn Incidental music: A
Midsummer Night's Dream