The Theatre Music to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, op. 21/61: Theseus: “Here come the lovers…”

~ Recording by Inga Swenson

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
11.17The Theatre Music to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, op. 21/61: Theseus: “Here come the lovers…”0:09Felix MendelssohnThe Complete Masterpieces / Sämtliche Meisterwerke / Tous les chefs-d'œuvreFelix MendelssohnAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697420722
(unknown)
1.17Theseus: Here come the lovers...0:09Felix MendelssohnA Midsummer Night's DreamFelix Mendelssohn

Relationships

choir vocals:Boston Symphony Chorus
mezzo-soprano vocals:Helen Vanni
soprano vocals:Arlene Saunders (soprano)
spoken vocals:Inga Swenson
orchestra:Boston Symphony Orchestra
conductor:Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
recording of:Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 9. Hochzeitsmarsch. Allegro vivace (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61: no. 9. Wedding March: Allegro vivace) (partial)

Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 9. Hochzeitsmarsch. Allegro vivace (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61: no. 9. Wedding March: Allegro vivace)

composer:Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
referred to in medleys:Hooked on Classics, Part 3
later versions:Shotgun Wedding March
part of:Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61) (number) (order: 10)
is the basis for:Chou, I’m Gonna Marry You
Here Comes the Broad
Konzertparaphrase über Mendelssohns Hochzeitsmarsch und Elfenreigen aus der Musik zu Shakespeares Sommernachtstraum, S. 410
arrangements:Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 no. 7: Hochzeitsmarsch: Allegro vivace (for organ, Commette)
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 no. 7: Hochzeitsmarsch: Allegro vivace (for organ, Dubois)
Wedding March (catch-all for arrangements)
Wedding March from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (for organ, Woods)
music quoted in:Wedding in Berlin
本気でオンリーユー (Let’s Get Married)