Synopsis

The Netherlands’ premier orchestra, led by Bernard Haitink, will appear in the opening concert of a two-part engagement at the London Proms. The performance, captured yesterday at the Royal Albert Hall, features Mendelssohn’s incidental music for *A Midsummer Night's Dream* and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9, also known as the "New World" Symphony. “The music from *A Midsummer Night’s Dream* contains many lesser-known pieces of exquisite beauty, including that delicate march, foreshadowing Mahle