The Midsummer Marriage the work in 1968 conducted by Colin Davis with the Ritual Dances choreographed by Gillian Lynne and in 1970, where the production formed the basis of the first commercial recording. Tippett extracted the "Four Ritual Dances" from the opera as a separate concert work. The story of "The Midsummer Marriage" was consciously modeled after Mozart's "The Magic Flute". Both trace the path to marriage of one "royal" and one "common" couple: Jenifer and Mark correspond to Pamina and Tamino, the earthy Jack and Bella to Papageno and Papagena. King Fisher stands in for the Queen of the Night, the Ancients
Symphony, K. 135+61h (Mozart) Symphony, K. 135+61h (Mozart) The Symphony in D major, K. 135+61h, was probably composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1772. All the movements are from the overture to the opera "Lucio Silla", K. 135, except for the minuet, K. 61h No. 3, which was composed separately. The symphony is scored for two oboes, two horns, two trumpets, timpani and strings. \relative c' { </score> The symphony was discovered by Ernst Hintermaier in 1991. The parts he discovered were copied by Matthias Kracher, who was in close connection to Michael Haydn, but probably did not have a direct contact with the