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Otello (1948 Radio)

aka: An Opera in Four Acts

Studio performance of Verdi’s opera in Italian. The BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Chorus are conducted by Stanford Robinson, with Renato Gigli as Otello and Marko Rothmuller as Iago.

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Macbeth (1945 Film)

Series

Famous Scenes from Shakespeare

Director

Henry Cass

Producer

Sydney Box

Excerpts produced for a school audience. Shows the murder of Duncan (II ii) and the sleepwalking scene (V i). The London Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Muir Matheson.

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BBC Proms 2007 (2007 Radio)

aka: Prom 42

This live transmission from the 2007 Proms, presented by Fiona Talkington, brings together two key themes: Shakespeare and Sibelius. The concert programme starts with Sibelius’s complete incidental music...

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Can a Computer Write Shakespeare? (2014 Radio)

Producer

Nick Holmes

Radio broadcast. Trevor Cox of Salford University considers whether a computer could ever create a work of art that could match Shakespeare’s creativity or stand up to critical scrutiny. He has a 3D model...

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Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, The (1936 Radio)

aka: Katerina Izmaylova

Radio transmission of a special concert of Shostakovitch’s opera in four acts, organised and relayed by the BBC from Queen’s Hall, London. The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by Albert...

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Merry Wives of Windsor, The (1928 Radio)

Nicolai’s comic opera broadcast on radio with verse recitations by Heinrich Proch. The Wireless Chorus and Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Percy Pitt.

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Happiness (2008 Radio)

Series

Words and Music

Producer

Elizabeth Arno

Radio programme on the theme of happiness curated and introduced by Simon Russell Beale. The programme ends with ‘Now until the break of day’ from A Midsummer Night’s Dream read by John Rogan and an...

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Brush Up Your Shakespeare (1999 Radio)

aka: 3: King Henry V

Series

Sound Stories

Producer

Piers Burton-Page

Third in a series of radio programmes, broadcast over five consecutive days, devoted to music inspired by Shakespeare’s plays. Peggy Reynolds introduces the following pieces of music: "Agincourt Carol" as...

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Falstaff: The Bad Man we All Need (2010 Radio)

Series

Twenty Minutes

Producer

Julian May

Radio programme. Paul Allen, who is writing a book about the character, reflects on the fascination of composers and writers with Falstaff. In this illustrated talk which covers composers such as Salierei,...

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Radio City Proms 1985 - VE/VJ PROM (1985)

aka: Royal Liverpool Philarmonic Orchestra concert [Part 1]

Beethoven Symphony no.5 (first movement); Davis - Winston Churchill, The Wilderness Years, We’re Gonna Hang Out the Washing on the Siegfried Line.Rodgers - Goodnight Children Everywhere.Walton Suite - The...

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