Overture Magazine 2013-2014 May-June 2014 | Page 7

{I n H istory} Felix Mendelssohn composed the concert Overture (Op. 21) for William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1826, when he was just 17 years old. In 1842, only a few years before his death, he wrote the incidental music (Op. 61) for a commission from King Frederick William IV of Prussia, which includes the world-famous Wedding March. { I n P l ay} Join the BSO this summer! Celebrate independence, then go for baroque Star-Spangled Spectacular Thursday, July 3 at 8p.m. All-Baroque Friday, July 11 at 7:30p.m. Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall Oregon R idge Park Jonathan Carney, leader and violin Igor Yuzefovich, violin Dariusz Skoraczewski, cello Andrew Balio, trumpet Nola Richardson, sop