‎Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Glyndebourne) by The Glyndebourne Chorus

Introduction: The Wood - deepening twilight over hill, over dale

Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Tove Dahlberg, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Iain Paterson, Kate Royal, Timothy Robinson, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Trinity Boys Choir, David Swinson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Jack Morlen, Louise Poole

4:07

"Oberon is passing fell and wrath"

Bejun Mehta, Kate Royal, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Tove Dahlberg, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Timothy Robinson, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Iain Paterson, Jack Morlen, Trinity Boys Choir, David Swinson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole

3:04

"Well, go thy way"

Iain Paterson, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Tove Dahlberg, Jack Morlen, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Louise Poole, Kate Royal, David Swinson, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Trinity Boys Choir, Timothy Robinson

3:34

"How now my love?"

Timothy Robinson, Iain Paterson, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Trinity Boys Choir, Jack Morlen, Kate Royal, Tove Dahlberg, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, David Swinson

4:42

"Be it on Lion, Bear, or Wolf, or Bull"

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, Timothy Robinson, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Tove Dahlberg, Kate Royal, Jack Morlen, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, David Swinson, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Iain Paterson, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Trinity Boys Choir

3:39

"Welcome wanderer! ... I know a bank"

Kate Royal, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Tove Dahlberg, Jack Morlen, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Trinity Boys Choir, David Swinson, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Iain Paterson, Timothy Robinson, Louise Poole

4:54

"Is all our company here?"

David Swinson, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, Robert St John Wright, Trinity Boys Choir, Jack Morlen, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Timothy Robinson, Kate Royal, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Iain Paterson, Tove Dahlberg

7:13

"Fair love, you faint with wand'ring in the wood"

Kate Royal, Trinity Boys Choir, Jack Morlen, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Timothy Robinson, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Iain Paterson, David Swinson, Tove Dahlberg

2:42

"Through the forest I have gone"

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Louise Poole, Trinity Boys Choir, Robert St John Wright, Tove Dahlberg, Jack Morlen, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Iain Paterson, Timothy Robinson, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, David Swinson, Kate Royal, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose

1:56

"Stay tho' thou kill me, sweet Demetrius"

Jack Morlen, Timothy Robinson, David Swinson, Kate Royal, Tove Dahlberg, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, Trinity Boys Choir, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Iain Paterson

4:59

"Come, now a roundel and a fairy song"

Kate Royal, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Jack Morlen, Tove Dahlberg, Trinity Boys Choir, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, David Swinson, Timothy Robinson, Iain Paterson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole

2:23

"You spotted snakes with double tongue"

Trinity Boys Choir, Iain Paterson, Jack Morlen, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, David Swinson, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Kate Royal, Timothy Robinson, Tove Dahlberg, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Louise Poole

2:15

"What thou seest when thou dost wake"

Timothy Robinson, Jack Morlen, David Swinson, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Kate Royal, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, Iain Paterson, Trinity Boys Choir, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Robert St John Wright, Tove Dahlberg, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott

2:31

Introduction: The Wood

Kate Royal, Iain Paterson, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Tove Dahlberg, Robert St John Wright, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Timothy Robinson, Louise Poole, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, David Swinson, Jack Morlen, Trinity Boys Choir

2:45

"Are we all met?"

Timothy Robinson, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Jack Morlen, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Tove Dahlberg, David Swinson, Trinity Boys Choir, Iain Paterson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, Kate Royal

7:24

"I see their knavery"

Timothy Robinson, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Jack Morlen, Trinity Boys Choir, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, David Swinson, Tove Dahlberg, Kate Royal, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Iain Paterson

3:04

"Be kind and courteous to this gentleman"

David Swinson, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Kate Royal, Jack Morlen, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, Timothy Robinson, Iain Paterson, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Tove Dahlberg, Trinity Boys Choir

1:18

"Hail, mortal hail!"

Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Tove Dahlberg, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Trinity Boys Choir, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, David Swinson, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Jack Morlen, Iain Paterson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, Timothy Robinson, Kate Royal

5:45

"I have a reasonable good ear in music"

Robert St John Wright, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Kate Royal, Tove Dahlberg, Trinity Boys Choir, Jack Morlen, Iain Paterson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, David Swinson, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Timothy Robinson, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott

4:12

"How now, mad spirit?"

Jack Morlen, Trinity Boys Choir, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Kate Royal, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Tove Dahlberg, David Swinson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Iain Paterson, Timothy Robinson, Louise Poole

2:50

"Flower of this purple dye""

Timothy Robinson, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Tove Dahlberg, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, David Swinson, Jack Morlen, Iain Paterson, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Kate Royal, Trinity Boys Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose

6:28

"Puppet? Why so?"

Timothy Robinson, Iain Paterson, Kate Royal, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Tove Dahlberg, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Trinity Boys Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Jack Morlen, Louise Poole, Robert St John Wright, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, David Swinson, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott

2:42

"This is thy negligence"

Timothy Robinson, David Swinson, Tove Dahlberg, Kate Royal, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Trinity Boys Choir, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, Jack Morlen, Iain Paterson

2:23

"Up and down, up and down"

Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Timothy Robinson, Kate Royal, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Tove Dahlberg, David Swinson, Trinity Boys Choir, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Jack Morlen, Iain Paterson

6:03

"On the ground, sleep sound"

Tove Dahlberg, Jack Morlen, David Swinson, Iain Paterson, Timothy Robinson, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Kate Royal, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Trinity Boys Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses

3:50

Introduction: The Wood - early next morning

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, Timothy Robinson, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, David Swinson, Kate Royal, Trinity Boys Choir, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Iain Paterson, Tove Dahlberg, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Jack Morlen

8:12

"Helena! Hermia! Demetrius!"

Tove Dahlberg, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Timothy Robinson, Jack Morlen, Trinity Boys Choir, Kate Royal, Iain Paterson, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, David Swinson, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright

6:12

"When my cue comes, call me"

Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Kate Royal, Iain Paterson, Jack Morlen, David Swinson, Timothy Robinson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Trinity Boys Choir, Tove Dahlberg

3:27

"Have you sent to Bottom's house"

Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Kate Royal, Tove Dahlberg, Jack Morlen, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, David Swinson, Iain Paterson, Trinity Boys Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Timothy Robinson

5:16

"Now, fair Hippolyta"

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Kate Royal, Jack Morlen, David Swinson, Tove Dahlberg, Ilan Volkov, Trinity Boys Choir, Geoffrey Moses, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Timothy Robinson, Iain Paterson

5:16

"If we offend, it is with our good will"

Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Tove Dahlberg, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Louise Poole, Robert St John Wright, David Swinson, Timothy Robinson, Iain Paterson, Jack Morlen, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Kate Royal, Trinity Boys Choir

1:11

"Gentles, perchance you wonder at this show"

Kate Royal, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Timothy Robinson, Jack Morlen, Iain Paterson, Trinity Boys Choir, David Swinson, Tove Dahlberg, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose

1:17

"In this same Interlude, it doth befall"

Jack Morlen, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Trinity Boys Choir, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Timothy Robinson, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Kate Royal, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, Tove Dahlberg, Iain Paterson, David Swinson

1:10

"O grim-look'd night, O night with hue so black""

Iain Paterson, David Swinson, Timothy Robinson, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Tove Dahlberg, Louise Poole, Kate Royal, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Trinity Boys Choir, Jack Morlen, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright

1:56

"O wall, full often hast thou heard my moans"

Iain Paterson, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Tove Dahlberg, Trinity Boys Choir, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Kate Royal, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Jack Morlen, David Swinson, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, Timothy Robinson

2:45

"You ladies, you (whose gentle hearts do fear...)"

Iain Paterson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Louise Poole, Robert St John Wright, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, David Swinson, Jack Morlen, Trinity Boys Choir, Timothy Robinson, Tove Dahlberg, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Kate Royal

0:46

"This lanthorn doth the hornéd Moon present"

David Swinson, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Benjamin Britten, Iain Paterson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Jack Morlen, Kate Royal, Tove Dahlberg, Trinity Boys Choir, Timothy Robinson, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Simon Kirkbride, Robert St John Wright

1:49

"Sweet Moon, I thank thee for thy sunny beams"

Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, Tove Dahlberg, Jack Morlen, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Timothy Robinson, Robert St John Wright, David Swinson, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Iain Paterson, Trinity Boys Choir, Kate Royal

1:51

"Asleep, my Love?"

Iain Paterson, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, David Swinson, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Kate Royal, Trinity Boys Choir, Jack Morlen, Timothy Robinson, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Tove Dahlberg, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole

2:27

"But come, your Bergomask"

Timothy Robinson, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Trinity Boys Choir, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Jack Morlen, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Kate Royal, Louise Poole, Tove Dahlberg, David Swinson, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Iain Paterson

2:43

"Now the hungry lion roars"

David Swinson, Henry Waddington, Iride Martinez, Tove Dahlberg, Jack Morlen, Trinity Boys Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Smallwood, Louise Poole, Simon Kirkbride, Alasdair Elliott, Robert St John Wright, Timothy Robinson, Iain Paterson, Kate Royal, Ilan Volkov, Geoffrey Moses, Bejun Mehta, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose

5:29

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Bejun Mehta

Countertenor
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra
Iride Martinez

Soprano
Kate Royal

Soprano

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Glyndebourne)

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