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
Recording date: 29 Apr 1999
Transmission details: 17 Jun 1999 at 11:00 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
Duration: 60 mins

Producer: Piers Burton-Page
Music: Aram Khachaturian; Gioacchino Rossini; Giuseppe Verdi; Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco; Percy Grainger
Contributor: Peggy Reynolds

British Universities Film & Video Council