Name: A Midsummer Night in SE19
Start: 2019-06-22T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2019-06-22T22:00:00+01:00
Location: St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood

A Midsummer Night in SE19

Founded in 1949 by Harry Blech,the London Mozart Players is the UK's longest established chamber orchestra. Known for its unmistakable British roots, the orchestra has developed an outstanding reputation for adventurous, ambitious programming, from Baroque through to genre-crossing contemporary music.The ensemble has enjoyed a long history of association with many of the world's finest musical personalities including Igor Stravinsky, Sir James Galway, Dame Felicity Lott, Jane Glover, Julian Lloyd Webber, Stephen Hough, Nicola Benedetti, John Suchet and Simon Callow.The London Mozart Players are the only professional orchestra in the UK to bemanaged both operationally and artistically by the players, and has enjoyed the patronage of HRH The Earl of Wessex since 1988.

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Tama Matheson’s (EastEnders, Heartbeat) hilarious new show based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream comes to SE19, accompanied by Mendelssohn’s shimmering music for Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy, performed by the London Mozart Players under the baton of Howard Shelley.
 
LONDON MOZART PLAYERS Conductor: Howard Shelley Actor: Tama Matheson Soloists: Anna Marmino, Eleanor Kemp Choir from Old Palace School of John Whitgift
7pm: drinks and pre-concert entertainment 8pm: concert performance
 
Fizz, fiddles and fun – perfect for midsummer!
Let the revels begin! London Mozart Players presents the perfect show for a balmy Saturday night in SE19! Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is re-booted as a hilarious whistle-stop 90-minute one-man show, paired with glorious music from your favourite orchestra. Actor Tama Matheson presents the Bard’s beloved comedy as you’ve never seen it before, with LMP interweaving Mendelssohn’s shimmering incidental music to the play into the performance under the baton of Conductor Laureate Howard Shelley. 
Grab a glass of fizz (first glass included in the ticket price) and prepare for a merry, memorable and musical midsummer night!
The doors open at 7pm for drinks, strawberries & cream and pre-concert entertainment (wandering minstrels, musical surprises, performance poets and more), with the main performance starting at 8pm. 
 
Priority Tickets: £24.00 (includes reserved seating, pre-concert drink, programme)
Adult: £19.00 (includes a pre-concert drink)
Concessions (OAP): £17.00 (includes a pre-concert drink)
Young Person (12-25): £9.00
This concert is not really suitable for children under 12

St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood

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