Brush Up Your Shakespeare

Alternative title: 1: The Taming of the Shrew
Synopsis: First in a series of radio programmes, broadcast over five consecutive days, devoted to music inspired by Shakespeare’s plays. Peggy Reynolds introduces the following musical compositions:
Cole Porter’s "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" (Kiss Me Kate) as sung by Robert Nichols and David Garrison and supported by the London Sinfonietta (conductor John McGlinn); Wolf-Ferrari’s opera Un Oso in Musoliera (Sly) with tenor Francesco Merli supported by an unnamed orchestra; Henry Bishop’s "Should He Upbraid" performed by Conchita Supervia (soprano) and Ivor Newton (piano); "Die Kraft Versagt" by Goetz, performed by the Bavarian State Orchestra led by Robert Heger with Christel Goltz (soprano); Wagenaar’s "Overture" for Taming of the Shrew performed by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducted by Riccardo Chailly.
Series: Sound Stories
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Subjects: Drama; Music
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); musical adaptations

Producer: Piers Burton-Page
Music: Cole Porter; Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari; Henry Rowland Bishop; Hermann Goetz; Johan Wagenaar
Contributor: Peggy Reynolds