Overture part 1- A Midsummer Night's Dream- Mend. op. 61

[habana999]

not pleasurable to listen to sorry - keeps making me jump

[habana999]

its erratic and scatty - no part of it blends

[aanthonyg1]

just LISTEN to the music and shut up

[saulboyjt]

One of the greatest works ever composed by the Greatest composer of them all, The Great Jewish composer Felix Mendelssohn.

[lanaking0]

overture is op. 21! the rest of the piece is op. 61.

[putridpedros]

Apparently he wrote this aged 17 (though how he managed to have already written 60 opus is beyond me). Fantasic. Crazy.

[PaganGlade]

Sooooooooooooo good for my heart and mind :) Thank you for posting ~PG~

[jeanny8022]

3:15... shivers :)

great piece ♥

[MrDarwinsDog]

Opening chords (3 w/ growing instrumentation for each) seems to present sides of a question, then comes resolution - yet not quite final, still open to consideration. Then we are invited into the story - themes/characters interwoven. As a child of five I put this on the turntable repeatedly and would study the LP cover art which was an engraved copy (English, early 1800's?) of this Fuseli painting. Big stuff as I discovered the arts. And do see the 1935 film adaptation!

[abiwhale57]

Tomorrow our Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra will be performing this overture!

We are so excited! We'll be playing Beethoven's 5th as well... xo

[xultradragonslayerx]

HMMMMMM i LIKE THIS

[TheRobertTaggart]

Saturday 28/05/11 Manchester Camerata, Manchester Bridgewater Hall - played the full work (without 'break') - brilliantly.

Narration by John Savident, "I SAID NARRATION BY JOHN SAVIDENT" !

[kingkonghitme]

loveeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[demianp2008]

Mendelssohn wrote his first symphony (for chords) at the age of 14.

These early "chords symphonies" shows a very strong Mozart influence.

[pbyshelley]

ewwwwww the fourth chord is pretty out of tune. 0:17

[SuperDivinemusic]

Not many seventeen and a half year olds could produce music of this stature.

In fact, I can only think of one other, and that's Mozart.

[borgoat21]

@SuperDivinemusic At the age of 7, Chopin composed two Polonaises, in G minor and B-flat major, rivaling the popular polonaises of leading Warsaw composers, along with the famous Polonaises of Michał Kleofas Ogiński.

So...no. There were others besides Mendelssohn and Mozart.

[pbyshelley]

@SuperDivinemusic Well, actually there's a guy named Arriaga who produced a wonderful symphony at about the same age. Also I think Prokoviev wrote his first piano concerto at about the same age too.

[1197lakersfan]

Love this song. My orchestra played this in the year 2010-2011.

Go Los Angeles Youth Orchestra

[scarletrayne667]

this makes me smile~ :)

[SmileyasmeGailForCe]

I love playing music by Mendelssohn with our Concert Band.....& love to play this piece for my grand daughter while she is sleeping I play all kinds of classical music for them nothing calms kids down better than the Classical MUSIC:) tg for that too:)

[AgApE010]

@SmileyasmeGailForCe

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Classical music also increases brain activity and promotes brain development. :) So it is especially great that you're playing music for them!

[TSkywalkerFF]

This song was in the movie

[karenteacher2008]

To the uploader: excellent picture Who painted it and when?

[PolyhymniaLyra]

@karenteacher2008 It was painted in 1793/1794 by Johann Heinrich Füssli, a swiss painter.

[karenteacher2008]

@PolyhymniaLyra thanks

[TheRobertTaggart]

Brilliant, but, why the break (parts 1 & 2) ?

About time this was seen on the stage - AMND + this music.

[BernardProfitendieu]

anyone know the specifics of this recording?

[14tocha]

Son of a wealthy banker (aren't they all) Felix Mendelssohn had, from an early age, his own orchestra to write for and rehearse with. Despite this he demonstrated that this priviledge was not wasted and he could be described as something of a child prodigy. Few composers have been able to demonstrate the skill he showed in his orchestrations. Throughout his relatively short life - he died at the age of 46 - he remained a man of great dignity, writer and an accomplished artist.

[PolyhymniaLyra]

@14tocha Nice comment, except the fact that Mendelssohn died at age 38 and not 46 (1809-1847).

[Dannoc100]

this really is fantastic

[ilovescarlatti]

musica di una bellezza abbagliante e suprema. Una delle cose più belle dell'intera musica. in assoluto. Tensione e sogno, follia, delirio, passione , amore e mistero. Tutto e di più.

[Blackwhite2277]

I think it is really op. 21

[quinntissentialmusic]

HE WAS FRICKIN 17 WHEN HE WROTE THIS?!?!?

[catnip4life55]

@quinntissentialmusic there are many things you must put into consideration when you see writers like this. back then you decided what you wanted to be when you took your first steps. and unlike how its works now a days they weren't forced to take math science etc. classes they only studied what they wanted plus he was so rich that he could afford any teacher he wanted continuing on I bet he probably did take math and science courses but i would place money to say that he was personally trained

[quinntissentialmusic]

@catnip4life55 yes both he and his sister

[oktav1970]

This is the true argument against Nazis. (Mendelssohn was a Jew.)

[IaxobusJames]

@oktav1970 Indeed. But they may reply saying that he was a German Jew (because hew was) - but a Jew, nonetheless!

[oktav1970]

@IaxobusJames The problem is that some people insist on "no Symbiosis between Germans and Jews ever existed" - and those people are very often Jewish.

[purplepeoplepurple]

@IaxobusJames - - It depends how you define "Jew." If you mean something racial, then, yes, he was Jewish. But if you mean something religious, no, he was not Jewish. I think it's not just confusing, it's vexatious not to have separate words for the two meanings. We can ask an Arab if he is a Muslim, but we have to ask a Jew if he is a Jew. It seems to keep the focus always on race.

[IaxobusJames]

@purplepeoplepurple Agreed, for the most part. Only, I don't dislike that there is just the one word. I think it's very interesting that there is a certain group of people who are named by their religion (even if some, or many, in that race don't follow the religion). I know I'm leaving our Mendelssohn conversation by saying this, but I will since you mentioned it being vexatious, I personally believe the Jews are God's people, so I don't mind it. I say this as a Christian, not as a Jew. Cheers!

[AphroditeEros33]

Fantastico!!! Thank you very much for posting & sharing this beautiful music video *^o^* I appreciate it so much *^o^*

[drsealtiel]

I have only one word

fantastic!!!!!

[stevebenbob]

Its midsummers night tonight!

[malgray2]

@clinco1 Quite right! It's known in English as "Titania and the fairies".

[diornotwar123]

is it wrong to be attracted to that bull human thing?

[malgray2]

@diornotwar123

The bull human thing is Bottom, who in Shakespeare's play was transformed into an ass (donkey). Titania, Oberon's queen, falls under an enchantment and in love with Bottom.

[IaxobusJames]

@diornotwar123 Yes, probably. lol

[Dommy221]

@diabelliforlife, i think its the Eulenburg edition because im studying it for gcse at the moment.

[mewsigal]

Does anyone know the artist of the picture shown?

[strim1000]

棒

[rvg25k]

The trumpet part is also very enjoyable.

[FroggerbobT]

2 years of violin is nothing. I've played violin for 14 years, and there are still lots of pieces that are too hard (i.e. Tschaikovsky's Violin Concerto).

[ssalbab64]

@peacheymee By the way 2 years of violin isn't a lot of experience.

[diabelliforlife]

Great interpretation!!!!!!! whose is it??

[flibbertergibbet]

@diabelliforlife Sounds like Herreweghe..?

[rootbeer7281]

Whoops, had this in my stereo and woke up my parents at the big entrance.

[Phersephoie]

aaaah when I hear the first three chords i feel a tingle in my heart ooooh :))

can I ask all of u Mendelssohne fans wher I may find his unfinnished oratorio "christus"? i've sung it in choir couple of years ago nd I can't find it anywhere...thanks!

[manley620]

@Phersephoie

I think these rather magical/mysterious opening chords are quoted in Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade." Fitting.

[razielarcha]

@Phersephoie Have you checked IMSLP? It's an online database of composers and their works.

 imslp (dot) org

[peacheymee]

I can tell this is a difficult piece to probably play

i've played the violin for two years so i might know.....

but its a very lovely piece!

[danhatechav]

@peacheymee Its not that hard to play, compared to many other string movements.

[reneesmejacoblover]

violin is tricky i myself play as well and i agree it is very tricky.. sometimes the slurs r pretty random

[trebleclefme]

just performed this yesterday and today with the vancouver symphony orchestra in elektra women's choir and it was such a great experience performing such a masterpiece to mendelssohn's!

[billyguns2]

Isn't anyone interested in what conductor and orchestra we are hearing here? This performance would not have taken place without them and they deserve thanks and recognition.

[fcac20]

One of my favourits masterpieces ever, since I was a teenager.

[emh0pe]

My all-time favourite overture.

[bsartist]

Probably one of the best overtures, to anything, ever written.

[KarlNerman]

@bsartist Agree completely, it is my very favourite overture.

[NuovoPiero]

@bsartist Indeed. I am presumptuous to reply.......... Well Said....

[ChinLinn]

@bsartist or maybe your a fag

[biomoni]

@bsartist

absolutly. I agree with you,

Monica

[yohannbiimu]

Just a bit of a correction, and that is the overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream is opus 21, not 61. The incidental music that Mendelssohn composed 17 years later was opus 61.

[evilcows91]

one of my favoritessss

[KingFlo92]

die interpretation is ja mal sowas von hammer :-D

[funinbedgirl]

1:13 erste Lieblingsstelle, wo alles herausbricht, man meint, sie können es gar nicht erwarten loszulegen

3:06 zweite Lieblingsstelle: bam bam bam... echt toll

ich liebe dieses stück und ich finde, dass mendelsson dem direkten Vergleich mit Mozart durchaus standhalten kann!

[strawberrijka]

I love this musiiiiic****

[TGPmarco]

puwit

[sarastro1791]

Man möchte kaum glauben, dass ein 17-jähriger im Stande war, Musik von so unendlicher Schönheit und Vollkommenheit zu schreiben! Ein Meisterwerk!