A Shakespearian Night’s Dream – Orchestre Métropolitain

Program

Mendelssohn

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, overture and scherzo
Tchaikovsky

Romeo and Juliet
Hillborg

Clarinet Concerto “Peacock Tales”
R. Strauss

Macbeth

Emotion and even laughter will be sparked while listening to composer Anders Hillborg’s Clarinet Concerto “Peacock Tales”, here performed with sublime theatricality by David Dias da Silva. Dancing, magical and enchanting in equal measure, the overture and scherzo from Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream bring out all the intrigue, excitement and touching qualities found in Shakespeare’s work. Gloomy and cold, the tragedy Macbeth reveals the utter darkness of the human soul, which also inspires Strauss’s symphonic poem, a brooding work marked by melodic lines that go straight to the heart. Tchaikovsky’s famous Romeo and Juliet completes this concert conducted by Alexander Shelley, music director of the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa.

Presented as part of the RBC Emerging Artists Project

Works

Mendelssohn

1809 – 1847

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, overture and scherzo

Tchaikovsky

1840 – 1893

Romeo and Juliet

Hillborg

1954 –

Clarinet Concerto “Peacock Tales”

R. Strauss

1864 – 1949

Macbeth

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