The Neubrandenburg Philharmonic Orchestra plays works by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Edward Elgar.
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Music for Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" op. 21 and 61
Edward Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A flat major op. 55
Conductor: Daniele Squeo
At the age of 17, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy achieved a true stroke of genius with the overture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Years later, Prussian King Frederick William IV commissioned him to compose complete incidental music to Shakespeare's play. Of the orchestral pieces he added, the Wedding March became particularly popular. Now that the Enigma Variations, the Cello Concerto and the Pomp and Circumstance Marches by Edward Elgar have repeatedly featured on our concert program, it is time to introduce the composer as a symphonist. Edward Elgar, already over 50 years old, achieved huge success with his first symphony. The Gewandhaus conductor at the time, Arthur Nikisch, praised the symphony as "Brahms' Fifth".
