Incidental Music to Shakespeare’s Plays

Synopsis

Radio broadcast. The Western Studio Orchestra lead by Frank Thomas plays incidental music to Shakespeare’s plays. Nicolai’s Overture for The Merry Wives of Windsor is followed by Mendelssohn’s Scherzo for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and a selection of Foulds’s Suite for King Henry VIII, Orlando Gibbons contemporary piece ‘The Lord Salisbury and his Pavin’, Rosse’s music for The Merchant of Venice and Coleridge-Taylor’s music for Othello.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

23 Apr 1935 at 19:15 (Channel: BBC)

Duration

45 mins

Availability

No copy extant

Credits

Music

Felix Mendelssohn; Frederick Rosse; John Foulds; Orlando Gibbons; Otto Nicolai; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Additional Details

Production type

Other

Plays

Henry VIII; Merchant of Venice, The; Merry Wives of Windsor, The; Midsummer Night’s Dream, A; Othello

Subjects

Drama; Music

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); musical adaptations

Notes

Notes

Broadcast by BBC station West.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)