Shakespeare at the Movies

Synopsis: Live radio show presented by Ken Bruce featuring music used in the films of Shakespeare. The BBC Concert Orchestra is conducted by Richard Balcombe and their performance includes extracts from William Walton’s music from Henry V and Richard III; Stephen Warbeck’s score for Shakespeare in Love; Nino Rota’s love theme from Romeo and Juliet ; Eric Rodgers music to Carry on Cleo and Otto Nicolai’s The Merry Wives of Windsor. Friday Night singers Shona Lindsay, Tim Rogers and Jimmy Johnson perform "Brush Up Your Shakepeare" with a selection of songs from Kiss Me Kate (Cole Porter); West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein) and Rodgers and Hart’s The Boys from Syracuse - based on The Comedy of Errors.
Series: Friday Night is Music Night
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Transmission details: 24 Apr 2009 at 19:30 (Channel: BBC Radio 2)
Duration: 105 mins

Contributor: Jimmy Johnson; Ken Bruce; Richard Balcombe; Shona Lindsay; Tim Rogers

Theatre: Mermaid Theatre, London
Production type: Other
Plays: Antony and Cleopatra; Comedy of Errors, The; Henry V; Merry Wives of Windsor, The; Much Ado About Nothing; Richard III; Romeo and Juliet; Tempest, The
Subjects: Drama; Music
Keywords: film adaptations; film music; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

History: Part of the Radio 2 at the Movies season. Presented live from London’s Mermaid Theatre.
Reviews: Source: BBC programme information
For a detailed listing of the music played in the programme, see http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jxxxm (accessed 12/2009)

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