Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream

Album by Felix Mendelssohn & Boston Symphony Orchestra & Erich Leinsdorf

Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream is a set of incidental pieces by German composer Felix Mendelssohn, composed in 1842. The score combines lyrical Romantic orchestration with nimble, descriptive writing for orchestra and chorus, reflecting Mendelssohn's skill at blending theatrical illustration with symphonic form and occupying an important place in his later output and in 19th-century theatre music.