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A Midsummer Night's Dream Playlist
20 tracks
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Nov 2, 2026
This playlist follows the play from the ordered, courtly world of Athens into a forest that feels enchanted, unpredictable and alive. Early-music colors, fantastical instrumentals and songs about dreams, mischief and tangled affection echo the lovers’ bewilderment, Puck’s pranks and the comedy’s final return to harmony.
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Track List
20 songs
1
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Incidental Music, Op. 61, MWV M 13: 9. Wedding March
Felix Mendelssohn · Mendelssohn in Scotland
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2
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61: Scherzo
Felix Mendelssohn · Mendelssohn: Ein Sommernachtstraum (A Midsummer's Night Dream)
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3
Chacony in G Minor, Z. 730
Henry Purcell · Purcell: Fantazias
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4
Les sauvages
Jean-Philippe Rameau · Debussy – Rameau
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5
Pavane, Op. 50
Gabriel Fauré · The Secret Fauré 2
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Purcell / Arr. Balsom: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Chaconne
Alison Balsom · Kings & Queens
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7
Syrinx, L. 129
Claude Debussy · I Will Not Be Sad in This World
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8
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro
Antonio Vivaldi · The Collected Recordings of Il Giardino Armonico
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9
Mother Goose Suite: V. The Fairy Garden
Maurice Ravel · Maurice Ravel - Mother Goose Suite
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10
The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan
Camille Saint-Saëns · Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals: The Swan
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11
A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 1: "Over Hill, Over Dale"
Benjamin Britten · Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream
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12
Fairytale
Enya · Themes From "Calmi Cuori Appassionati"
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13
White Rabbit
Jefferson Airplane · Surrealistic Pillow
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14
Dream A Little Dream Of Me
The Mamas & The Papas · The Papas & The Mamas
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15
A Kind of Magic
Queen · A Kind Of Magic (Deluxe Edition)
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16
Magic Dance
David Bowie · Labyrinth (From The Original Soundtrack Of The Jim Henson Film)
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17
You Make My Dreams (Come True)
Daryl Hall & John Oates · Voices
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18
Love Is A Battlefield
Pat Benatar · Live From Earth
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19
The Book of Love
The Magnetic Fields · 69 Love Songs
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