Concerts · Anchorage Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, January 23, 2027 · 7:30 PM
Shakespeare: Sound and Fury
Anchorage Symphony Orchestra · Atwood Concert Hall · Anchorage, Alaska
Program
- Felix Mendelssohn Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61
- William Walton Suite from Henry V from Henry V Suite
- Anna Clyne Sound and Fury Soliloquy from Macbeth from Sound and Fury
- Sergei Prokofiev Suite from Romeo and Juliet from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Running time: about 1 h 35 min including an intermission (estimate from the works' usual timings; not every piece has one)
Worth the drive: Mendelssohn's complete incidental music for Shakespeare's play, pairing the famous Wedding March with fairy music so light it seems to float above the orchestra. More about Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 →
About this concert
This program explores Shakespearean drama through orchestral music, pairing Mendelssohn's fairy-tale overture and Walton's Henry V suite with Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet and Anna Clyne's contemporary Macbeth-inspired work.
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