Performance on 3 [22/01/2010]

Synopsis

Live radio transmission of a concert from the Ulster Hall, Belfast, centering on Shakespeare. Takuo Yuasa conducts the Ulster Orchestra in Delius’s ‘The Walk to Paradise Garden’, an orchestral interlude from the opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, and Berlioz’s Nuits d’ete, a song cycle set to six poems by Théophile Gautier, with Elizabeth Watts as soprano soloist. Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

Series

Performance on 3

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

22 Jan 2010 at 19:00 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)

Duration

45 mins

Credits

Music

Frederick Delius; Hector Berlioz

Contributor

Petroc Trelawny; Takuo Yuasa

Cast

Elizabeth Watts

Additional Details

Production type

Operas and Musicals

Plays

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A; Romeo and Juliet

Subjects

Drama; Music

Keywords

Berlioz, Hector; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich (1840-1893)

Notes

History

Transmitted live from the Ulster Hall in Belfast.

Reviews

Source: Radio Time, BBC Programme information

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