SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Lecture by Professor Robert Greenberg of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In programme four of the series Professor Greenberg lectures on Felix Mendelssohn’s Incidental Music, op. 61 and Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 21 and Franz Liszt’s Totentanz. He gives a plot synopsis of the play and speaks of the main characters while listening to the relevant sections of Mendelssohn’s music. He compares Mendelssohn’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s comedy with Liszt’s virtuosic example of the Romantic era’s fascination with the Gothic and the macabre in his work based on the 14th-century Black Death.

Series

Concert Masterworks

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Audio; Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

1995

Duration

45 mins

Credits

Music

Felix Mendelssohn

Contributor

Robert Greenberg

Additional Details

Production type

Documentary/Educational/News

Plays

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

Subjects

Drama; Music

Keywords

Music; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)

Notes

Notes

The individual parts of the course are not available for sale separately. An audio version is also available.

Archive

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Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division

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