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To mix metaphors, Sir John Eliot Gardiner has the knack of going for the jugular when exposing the nerve-ends of most music, particularly so in the case of Mendelssohn. He was at it again, whacking elfin grace into the long grass and focusing on volatile energy, in the LSO's and Barbican Centre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847 (Composer)
Corporate Authors: London Symphony Orchestra (Performer), Monteverdi Choir (Performer)
Other Authors: Leconte, Corentin (Director), Lesperon, Laurent (Producer), Gardiner, John Eliot (Conductor), Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:Sung and spoken in English.
Published: London, England : London Symphony Orchestra, 2016.
Subjects:
Orchestral music.
Incidental music.
Dramatic music.
Orchestre, Musique d'.
Musique de scène.
Dramatic music
Incidental music
Orchestral music
Online media.
Filmed performances
Filmed performances.
Musique incidente.
Spectacles filmés.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:To mix metaphors, Sir John Eliot Gardiner has the knack of going for the jugular when exposing the nerve-ends of most music, particularly so in the case of Mendelssohn. He was at it again, whacking elfin grace into the long grass and focusing on volatile energy, in the LSO's and Barbican Centre's continuing Shakespeare series, it being 400 years since he died.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed October 17, 2017).
Written in 1842.
Physical Description:1 online resource (57 min.)
Playing Time:00:56:49
Production Credits:Directed by Corentin Leconte.