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Radio programme. In this episode of his weekly series on work from various composers of the past three centuries, Charles Hazlewood examines the ‘Fantasy Overture’ from Tchaikovsky’s Romeo And Juliet....
First in a series of five radio programmes presented by Donal Macleod exploring the life and work of French composer Paul Dukas (1865-1935). This episode features an early Overture after Shakespeare, ‘Le...
Compositions by Alfred Reed for wind ensemble. The Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra is conducted by the composer. Recorded at the Fumon Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Contents: Texana (3:52); Prelude and capriccio (7:00);...
Conductor Charles Hazlewood explores two of Tchaikovsky’s composer’s key works, The Fantasy Overture from Romeo and Juliet and the Sixth Symphony, The Pathetique. In the first programme he examines the...
Radio programme. A two-part series in which Humphrey Carpenter investigates the attraction of Shakespeare for musicians and composers. Part 1 claims that Shakespeare’s works have inspired over 20,000...
Documentary film recalling the first Elizabethan age through surviving architecture, art, furniture, music and literature. The music, by Ralph Vaughan Williams, is played by the London Sinfonia and sung by...
Video recording of a live event hosted by Mairi Nicolson made as a preview of concerts by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra on 22 and 24 April 2021 devoted to music inspired by Shakespeare. They discuss the...
Radio broadcast. In part 3 and 4 of the music series ‘Keyboard Talks’, Leslie H. Heward and Victor Hely-Hutchinson talk about the current production of Verdi’s Falstaff at the Old Vic, London.
Live radio transmission from the Royal Albert Hall, London, of a semi-staged production of Purcell’s theatre score The Fairy Queen, directed by Francesca Gilpin. Based on the original production for...
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