Rachmaninoff s Brilliant Paraphrasing: Mendelssohn A Midsummer Nights Dream Scherzo Lugansky

Felix Mendelssohn (18091847) Scherzo from A Midsummer Night s Dream, Op. 61 (1842); arr. for piano by Rachmaninoff (1933) Allegro Vivace Nikolai Lugansky, 2021, Mariinsky Theatre Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire, I do wander every where, Swifter than the moon s sphere; And I serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs upon the green: The cowslips tall her pensioners be; In their gold coats spots you see; Those be rubies, fairy favours, In those freckles live their savours: I must go seek some dewdrops here And hang a pearl in every cowslip s ear. Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night s Dream, Act II, Scene I, a fairy speaks