“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” live and straight to your living room

What would a film be like without music?
Just as incomplete as a theatre play without music might have seemed in the 19th century.

That is what inspired Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in 1842-43 to compose a wonderfully varied and nuanced piece to accompany a performance of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. And this “soundtrack” has been one of Mendelssohn’s most popular works ever since. His themes perfectly capture the changing atmosphere and moods of the “enchanted” plot – one such tune being the hugely popular wedding march.

Live broadcast from Tonhalle Maag in Zurich

On Friday 26 March 2021, from 7.30 p.m. to about 8.30 p.m., the Tonhalle-Orchestra Zurich, conducted by its Music Director, Paavo Järvi, will be performing Felix Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” accompanied by the women’s choir of the Zürcher Sing-Akademie.

We cordially invite you to register for this live broadcast from the Tonhalle Maag concert hall in Zurich so that you can enjoy the music in the comfort and safety of your own home. It would give us great pleasure to welcome you to this enchanting musical event.

Once you have registered, we will send you your personal access link by e-mail.

“Music is a hugely valuable communal experience.”

Hans G. Syz-Witmer, Vice-Chairman of the Zurich Tonhalle company (concert hall), Chairman of the Board of Directors Maerki Baumann & Co. AG