Part of the BBC Proms.In the summer of 1826 Felix Mendelssohn stumbled upon a German translation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream made by August Wilhelm Schlegel. Spellbound, the 17-year-old composer ...
Four chords — played resolutely by the woodwinds — open Felix Mendelssohn’s Overture to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” a piece he wrote at 17 years old. He completed the rest of the piece 16 years after ...