Music for the Theatre

Alternative title

Theatre Music: Shakespeare

Synopsis

First in a series of four programmes, presented by Penny Gore, featuring music written for Shakespeare’s plays. A team of actors joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra for specially recorded scenes from Hamlet by Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich. These are preceded by the first Russian musical work written for a play by this ‘inspired barbarian. Also included:

Gerald Finzi’s music for a radio performance of Love’s Labours Lost.
Balakirev, Overture from King Lear (Conductor: Tito Ceccherini)
Giuseppe Verdi, Willow Song and Ave Maria from Otello (Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda)
Thomas Arne, When daisies pied and violets blue
(Conductor: Peter Holman)
Dmitri Shostakovich, King Lear, Op 58a

Series

Afternoon on 3

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Subjects

Music

Keywords

Music; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Music

Dmitri Shostakovich; Gerald Finzi; Giuseppe Verdi; Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev; Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Thomas Arne

Contributor

Penny Gore

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email

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