What you’ll hear and see
The music
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Musik zu Ein Sommernachtstraum (Le Songe d'une nuit d'été) Die erste Walpurgisnacht
The artists
- Luxembourg Philharmonic
- The Constellation Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducting
- Sam Cobb soprano
- Rebecca Hardwick soprano
- Sarah Denbee mezzo soprano
- Jonathan Hanley tenor
- Graham Neal tenor
- Alex Ashworth bass
- Peter Edge baritone
Mendelssohn called it a «heathenish delight». He wasn’t wrong.
This concert dives into two very different worlds. First, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, where Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s music flits between fairyland and comedy, complete with the iconic Wedding March. Then, Die erste Walpurgisnacht (The First Walpurgis Night), a tale of witches and druids challenging their oppressors, with music full of fire and defiance. Shakespeare meets Goethe, magic meets rebellion, all under the baton of Sir John Eliot Gardiner. A night of enchantment with a devilish twist!Tickets
- Premium 88 €
- Cat. I 76 €
- Cat. II 56 €
- Cat. III 36 €
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10.07.2025
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Details
- Date Friday 19.09.25
- Time 19:30
- Duration 120' including a break
- Room Grand Auditorium
- Subscription Luxembourg Philharmonic
This concert is part of the subscription: Luxembourg Philharmonic
At the podium or centre stage as soloists, many familiar faces join our orchestra this season.
Ahead of his performance with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg together with the Monteverdi Choir at the Philharmonie, we sat down with Sir John Eliot Gardiner for a new episode of our video series "The Art of Conducting" He talked to us about how the repertoire affects the gestures of conducting and music making, the sound of «period instruments» in today's orchestras, about the similarities between managing a bio-farm & leading an orchestra and much more!
