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Work: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture, Op.21

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ComposerMendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
PeriodRomantic
Year1826
Work typeOrchestral
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AmsterdamHerreweghe & Antwerp Symphony Orchestra: Mendelssohn & Schumann

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Mendelssohn, Schumann
Antwerp Symphony Orchestra; Philippe Herreweghe; Alexander Lonquich

StockholmStrauss with the Royal Swedish Orchestra

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Mendelssohn, Strauss R.
Royal Swedish Orchestra; Thomas Guggeis; Sofie Asplund; Håkan Olsson; Erik Wahlgren

RomeJakub Hrůša / Karen Gomyo

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Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Jakub Hrůša; Karen Gomyo
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Eroica: Riccardo Minasi and the WASO

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Guest conductor Riccardo Minasi leads the West Australian Symphony Orchestra with a program of old favourites, with outstanding contribution from trumpeter Jenna Smith
***11
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Unsatisfying Mendelssohn from Eschenbach and the Oxford Philharmonic

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The Oxford Philharmonic offers uninspiring renditions Bach and Mendelssohn, highlighting both the strengths and weaknesses of the orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach. 
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Karen Gomyo knocks it out of the park with Dvořák in Montreal

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Montreal-bred Karen Gomyo steals the show in Dvořák's Violin Concerto with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal under guest conductor John Storgårds. 
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Bachtrack top ten: Felix Mendelssohn

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Child prodigy, keen traveller, champion of Bach – Felix Mendelssohn packed a lot of music into his short life, music that teems with freshness and vigour.