Sunday, July 31
Doors: 6:00 PM
Concert: 6:30 PM
Chautauqua Auditorium
Tickets: $25.00 – $75.00 ($22.00 – $72.00 Concert Member)*
Conductor:
Jean-Marie Zeitouni
Guest Artists:
Jennifer Bird-Arvidsson, soprano
John de Lancie, actor
Marnie Mosiman, actor
Abigail Nims, mezzo soprano
Principal Guest Conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni conducts a special Midsummer Night’s Dream. This performance pairs Mendelssohn’s lush score, which includes the instantly recognizable “Wedding March,” with a dramatic reading by actor John de Lancie (American Shakespeare Festival, TV’s Star Trek The Next Generation) to summon Shakespeare’s fairies, royalty, and fools in love. Mendelssohn penned Midsummer’s overture at age 17; Bizet was the same age when he wrote his Symphony in C, a surprisingly mature work, effervescent and full of contrasts. The program opens with a brand new orchestral arrangement of Jessie Montgomery’s vivid Starburst, which is, in her words, “a play on imagery of rapidly changing musical colors.”
Program:
Jessie Montgomery, Starburst
Georges Bizet, Symphony No. 1 in C Major
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Felix Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
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