Brush Up Your Shakespeare
- Alternative title
- 4: Othello, Or the Moor of Venice
- Synopsis
- Fourth in a series of episodes, broadcast over five consecutive days, devoted to music inspired by Shakespeare’s plays. Peggy Reynolds presents the following pieces of music:
Extracts from Khachaturian’s Suite: Othello, performed by the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Adriano; Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s "The Soldier Drinks" is performed by Anne Victoria Banks (soprano) an William Wellborn (piano); Rossini’s "Nessun Maggior Dolore" from his Otello, Act 5, with Frederica von Stade, Nucci Condo and Alfonso Leoz supported by the Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Jesus Lopez-Cobos; Grainger’s "Willow Song" is performed by Sarah Walker (tenor) and Graham Johnson (piano); extracts from Verdi’s Otello with Ramon Vinay (tenor), Herva Nelli (soprano) and the NBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Arturo Toscanini. - Series
- Sound Stories
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Subjects
- Drama; Music
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); musical adaptations
Credits
- Producer
- Piers Burton-Page
- Music
- Aram Khachaturian; Gioacchino Rossini; Giuseppe Verdi; Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco; Percy Grainger
- Contributor
- Peggy Reynolds
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Archive
- Name
British Library Sound Archive
- listening@bl.uk
- Web
- http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7412 7676
- Fax
- 020 7412 7441
- Address
- 96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
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