Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Suite (with Score)

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy:
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" Suite (with Score)
Composed: 1843

00:00 Scherzo (Allegro Vivace)
04:48 Nocturne (Con moto tranquillo)
11:17 March Of The Fairies (Allegro vivace)
12:53 Wedding March (Allegro vivace)

At two separate times, Felix Mendelssohn composed music for William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream (in German Ein Sommernachtstraum). First in 1826, near the start of his career, he wrote a concert overture (Op. 21). Later, in 1842, only a few years before his death, he wrote incidental music (Op. 61) for a production of the play, into which he incorporated the existing overture. The incidental music includes the famous Wedding March.