BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_YorkBEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:486@earlymusicamerica.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250719T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250719T211500 DTSTAMP:20250410T155540Z URL:https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/events/carmel-bach-festival-a-midsum mer-nights-dream/ SUMMARY:Carmel Bach Festival: A Midsummer Night’s Dream DESCRIPTION:\nMendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream\, Overture Stra vinsky – Pulcinella Suite\, and Haydn – “Harmoniemesse”\n\n\nSt ravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite\, originally presented as a ballet\, wil l be performed with projections of Pablo Picasso’s set design sketches f or the piece.\n \;\n\n\nThe Carmel Bach Festival’s 2025 theme\, Dial ogues\, is beautifully expressed through this program\, which explores con nections across time\, culture\, and artistic expression. Felix Mendelssoh n’s Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture opens the concert\, offering a musical interpretation of Shakespeare’s beloved comedy. Mendelssohn’s orchestration captures the interplay between fairies\, lovers\, and rustic characters\, creating a whimsical and dynamic conversation between litera ture and music.\nIgor Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite continues the even ing’s exploration of dialog\, blending the past and present with a moder n reimagining of Baroque music. Based on themes attributed to Pergolesi an d other composers\, Stravinsky infuses the suite with his distinctive wit and rhythmic vitality\, creating an interplay between tradition and innova tion.\nThe program concludes with Haydn’s majestic “Harmoniemesse\,” his final Mass. This deeply spiritual work\, with its rich wind orchestra tion\, represents an intimate dialog between human devotion and divine tra nscendence. Together\, these pieces embody the Festival’s theme\, sparki ng profound conversations that transcend time\, culture\, and the boundari es of artistic imagination.\n \;\n\n\n\nProgram\nMENDELSSOHN Midsumme r Night’s Dream\, A\, op. 21: Overture\nSTRAVINSKY Pulcinella: Suite (1 949 revision)\nI. Sinfonia\nII. Serenata\nIII. Scherzino\nIV. Tarantella\n V. Toccata\nIV. Gavotta\nVII. Duetto\nVIII. Minuetto – Finale\nINTERMISS ION\nHAYDN Mass in B-flat major\, H. XXII:14\, “Harmoniemesse”\nI. Kyr ie\nII. Gloria\nIII. Credo\nIV. Sanctus\nV. Benedictus\nVI. Agnus Dei\n. . .\nJoin the Carmel Bach Festival for its 88th season—Dialogues—runn ing July 12-26\, 2025. Musicians will explore musical conversations across time via works such as Bach’s Mass in B Minor and The Art of the Fugue \, Mozart’s Requiem and “Jupiter” symphony\, Haydn’s "Harmonieme sse\," and featured works by Stravinsky and Jessie Montgomery. With 40 eve nts to choose from\, there is something for everyone! Browse the full seas on lineup\, purchase tickets\, and find information on free community even ts at www.bachfestival.org. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/wp-content/upl oads/2025/04/Saturday-1-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Festivals LOCATION:Sunset Center Theater\, San Carlos St between 8th and 10th Ave\, C armel-By-The-Sea\, California\, 93921\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=San Carlos St between 8th a nd 10th Ave\, Carmel-By-The-Sea\, California\, 93921\, United States;X-APP LE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Sunset Center Theater:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR