Orchestra
Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Great for groups
- First-timer friendly
- Early finish
- Date
- Thu, 4 Mar 2027
- Time
- 19:30 · 2h 0m
- Venue
- Symphony Hall, Birmingham
- City
- Birmingham
- Conductor
- Ilan Volkov
- Tickets
- from £27.5
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Summary
Ilan Volkov conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall in a programme of Shakespeare-inspired works by Adès, Strauss and Mendelssohn.
Why it's fantastic
This evening explores the darker and more whimsical corners of Shakespeare through three distinct orchestral lenses. You will recognise the famous wedding march in the Mendelssohn, but the real draw is hearing it alongside Thomas Adès’s eerie modern magic and Strauss’s intense, brooding take on the tragedy of Macbeth.
Programme
- 01Adès: Five Spells from The Tempest
- 02Strauss: Macbeth
- 03Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
