Rachael Beasley and Coady Green: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The 2026 Fitzroy Chamber Music Series season begins in brilliant style as internationally renowned virtuoso artists Rachael Beesley (violin) and Coady Green (piano) ignite the stage with A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This sparkling program glitters with Mozart’s wit and fire, the radiant lyricism of Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, the tender intimacy of Clara Schumann, and the rich Romantic colours of Emilie Mayer. From dazzling violin sonatas and evocative piano visions to the fairy-tale magic of excerpts from Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream in a stunning arrangement for violin and piano, this concert promises an afternoon of enchantment, brilliance, and midsummer wonder.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata in A major K526          

I. Molto allegro

Fanny Mendelssohn: Adagio in E major       

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata in E minor K304          

I. Allegro

II. Tempo di Menuetto

Fanny Mendelssohn: Excerpts from Das Jahr H. 385          

May - Frülingslied

Clara Schumann: 3 Romances                       

Felix Mendelssohn: 3 Etudes Opus 104b      

Emilie Mayer: Notturno in D minor op. 48   

Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream Nocturne, Scherzo, and Wedding March arranged for violin and piano by Henri Ernst