5065 - Scherzo from midsummer Night's Dream

Felix Mendelssohn

arranged for brass quintet by Roger Harvey

Difficulty: Difficult

Price: £30.00

Programme note:

Programme note:
The perennially popular set of incidental pieces for Shakespeare's 'Midsummer Night's Dream' were written in 1843 to a commission from Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia, the Overture having been written 17 years earlier under the inspiration of a performance that Felix and his sister had seen in Berlin. He was 17 at the time and the maturity of this early work is astounding. The incidental music consisted of 13 numbers: entr'actes, dances and songs. The Scherzo was written to precede Act II, set in 'A Wood near Athens' and anticipates the entrance of the fairies.

Performance note:
Play as lightly as possible throughout. Articulations should be as neat and crisp as possible and louder dynamics never heavy or sustained.