Ludwig van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture (8 min)
Andrew Brady, bassoon and creative lead

Felix Mendelssohn
Nocturne and Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream (11 min)

Jean Sibelius arr. Jonathan Posthuma
"The Swan of Tuonela" No. 2 from Legends (10 min) (SPCO Commission)
Cassie Pilgrim, English horn

Intermission

Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 60, Il Distratto (28 min)

Approximate length 1:27

Comedy and tragedy intertwine in this program of theatrical music including Ludwig van Beethoven's dramatic Coriolan Overture and Felix Mendelssohn's lighthearted music for William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Haydn's Il Distratto Symphony repurposes music from a comedic play about a gentleman so absent-minded he nearly forgets his own wedding!

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