MASTERWORKS • 2015-2016 SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM COLORADO SYMPHONY HANS GRAF, conductor MAUREEN THOMAS, actor NADYA HILL, soprano REBECCA ROBINSON, mezzo-soprano COLORADO CHILDREN’S CHORALE, DEBORAH DESANTIS, artistic director Friday’s concert is gratefully dedicated to Adam and Stephanie Donner
Friday, March 4, 2016 at 7:30 pm Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 7:30 pm Boettcher Concert Hall TCHAIKOVSKY
The Tempest, Fantasy-Overture after Shakespeare, Op. 18 — INTERMISSION —
MENDELSSOHN Incidental Music to Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opp. 21 and 61 Overture Scherzo (Entr’acte to Act II) Melodrama: “Over hill, over dale” — March of the Elves (Act II, Scene 1) Song with Chorus: “You spotted snakes … Philomel, with melody” (Act II, Scene 2) Melodrama: “What thou seest, when thou dost wake” (Act II, Scene 2) Intermezzo before Act III Melodrama: “What hempen homespuns have we swaggering here” (Act II, Scene 2) Nocturne (Act III, Scene 2) Melodrama: “Be as thou wast” (Act IV, Scene 1) Wedding March (Entr’acte to Act V) Fanfare and Funeral March (Act V) Dance of the Rustics (Act V) Reprise of the Wedding March (Act V) Finale: “Through this House” (Act V)
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