Matthew Kraemer, conductor

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MENDELSSOHN: Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream

DIAMOND: Music from Romeo and Juliet

SHOSTAKOVICH: Incidental Music from Hamlet: Selections

KORNGOLD: Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11

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DURATION: Approximately 100 minutes, including intermission.

The drama and romance of theater abound in this program that includes an enchanting Shakespearean overture written by Felix Mendelssohn when he was only seventeen years old. We follow with music from modern American composer David Diamond and Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, and the program closes with Erich Korngold’s cinematic music for Max Reinhardt’s 1920 production of Much Ado About Nothing.

Doors: 5:00pm /// Concert: 6:00pm