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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

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Norrington
Introduced By:
Penny Gore
Soprano:
Sally Bruce-Payne
Unknown:
Simon Callow
Unknown:
Sara Kestelman
Conductor:
Roger Norrington
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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