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Matthew Kraemer, conductor
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
DURATION: Approximately 90 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: 6:00pm /// Concert: 7:30pm
A pre-concert talk will take place from 6:30pm to 7:00pm.