Liederkreis: Seven Songs by HRH Prince Albert, The Prince Consort
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This event took place on Friday 29 September 2023.
- Friday 29 September 2023
- Waterloo Chamber, Windsor Castle
Liederkreis: Seven Songs by HRH Prince Albert, The Prince Consort
Fri 29 Sept 2023
Waterloo Chamber, Windsor Castle
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Repertoire
- Mendelssohn Incidental Music From a Midsummer Night's Dream
- PRINCE ALBERT Arr. Paul Mealor Liederkreis: Seven Songs
- Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
- Dvořák Symphony No.8
Features
- Jamie Phillips Conductor
- Andrew Staples Tenor
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Location
Waterloo Chamber, Windsor Castle
The programme begins in the enchanted woodlands of Mendelssohn's incidental music to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. This playful overture is partnered with a contemporaneous selection of songs written by a composer who was deeply inspired by Mendelssohn: Prince Albert. He composed them for performance at Windsor Castle and they have been brilliantly orchestrated for this premiere performance by Paul Mealor and sung by leading tenor Andrew Staples.
*The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the support of The 1916 Foundation in Montchanin, Delaware which has enabled the commissioning of this work.