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Fiona Shaw discusses music inspired by the words of Shakespeare. Includes music by Quilter, Britten, Finzi and Vaughan Williams and songs written for The Tempest from its first production in 1609 to...
Radio broadcast. Baz Luhrmann’s WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO + JULIET is set on Verona Beach. In addition to original music by Craig Armstrong and Marius De Vries, the soundtrack features contemporary pop...
Three-part radio series, presented by John Stevens, on Shakespeare and music. Episode 1 examines how Shakespeare uses music for dramatic effect.
Frank Black leads the Frank Black Orchestra in incidental music from Shakespeare.
Thurston Dart talks to Peter Orr about composing music for Shakespearean drama. Recorded at the British Council, London. Date unknown but likely to have been recorded in the 1960s.
Radio broadcast. Verity Sharp visits the Royal Shakespeare Company to find out how a composer goes about writing incidental music for a stage production of a Shakespeare play.
Radio. A six-part series in which Graham Fawcett looks at aspects of Shakespeare through musical settings. Episode 5 includes music by Morley, Berlioz and Rautavaara.
Radio broadcast. A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of circles, curves and contours, with readings from Deborah Findlay and Hugh Fraser. Including texts by Shakespeare, Tennyson, Emily...
Music magazine series. Tom Service explores the music in Shakespeare’s plays and Shakespearean music from the BBC archives, with composer Gary Carpenter and theatre historian Sarah Lenton.
Three-part radio series, presented by John Stevens, on Shakespeare and music. Episode 2 examines the role of songs and how Shakespeare uses music to portray aspects of character.
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