My dear and I attended a concert by the Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir last night. It was a rendition of Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, where he wrote his music based on Shakespeare's famous play.
It was a rather unique concert as in the orchestra and narrator was the focal point of the whole performance. Where other renditions would focus on either the entire orchestra, or else the chorus singers, this concert had the narrator speaking lines from the play, then the music started, and the narrator would go on stage and had a one man show, speaking out the lines from the play while the music played on and accompanied.
At certain intervals, fairies were mentioned, so two soloists came out and sang their parts. The choir only played a small role, their total stage time was about five minutes the most, so they were always in the background while the orchestra played on and the narrator acted on.
I love the last part where the play came to the part of the three marriages - Duke Theseus and the Amazonian queen, Lysander and Hermia, and Demetrius and Helena. That was where the grand Wedding March came in. How could I ever forget this song? It has always been and is always a grand song to march in to when one gets married!
Overall, it was a superb performance, refreshing and great! Kudos to the performers for captivating the audience so well!
It was a rather unique concert as in the orchestra and narrator was the focal point of the whole performance. Where other renditions would focus on either the entire orchestra, or else the chorus singers, this concert had the narrator speaking lines from the play, then the music started, and the narrator would go on stage and had a one man show, speaking out the lines from the play while the music played on and accompanied.
At certain intervals, fairies were mentioned, so two soloists came out and sang their parts. The choir only played a small role, their total stage time was about five minutes the most, so they were always in the background while the orchestra played on and the narrator acted on.
I love the last part where the play came to the part of the three marriages - Duke Theseus and the Amazonian queen, Lysander and Hermia, and Demetrius and Helena. That was where the grand Wedding March came in. How could I ever forget this song? It has always been and is always a grand song to march in to when one gets married!
Overall, it was a superb performance, refreshing and great! Kudos to the performers for captivating the audience so well!
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