Symphony in The Domain: Midsummer Shakespeare

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January 22 at 8pm; Duration 2hrs including interval

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'Free' and 'concerts' are two words that everyone likes to hear in the same sentence. In 2011, Festival in The Domain offers an extravaganza of music and performance under the stars.

A Sydney Festival favourite, Festival in The Domain delivers a stellar live music line-up and provides the perfect opportunity to invite friends and family to sprawl on a picnic rug on The Domain's grassy expanse.

Sydney Symphony with Bell Shakespeare and Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

Conductor: Brett Weymark
Featuring: John Bell

This year's Symphony in The Domain is a magnificent double celebration: great music inspired by Shakespeare, and Australia's greatest Shakespearean actor, John Bell AO, Artistic Director, Bell Shakespeare.

Spread out a rug, relax on the grass and soak up your favourite tunes from Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet. Then enjoy the dramatic centrepiece of the evening's entertainment as John Bell enacts scenes from the bard's Henry V, accompanied by the massed forces of the Sydney Symphony and Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.

NICOLAI: Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture (8')
WALTON: Henry V - A Shakespeare Scenario (selections ) (40') with John Bell and Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

[interval]

MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture (12')
PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet: 3 Scenes (18')
TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture (16') with Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

 

Venue

Domain @ Mrs Macquaries Road, Sydney

Price

Free

Bookings

n/a

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