Music for the Theatre

Alternative title: Theatre Music: Shakespeare
Synopsis: Last in a series of four programmes, presented by Penny Gore, featuring music written for Shakespeare’s plays. The focus in the final episode is Romeo and Juliet in music ranging from Berlioz to Bernstein. Also included is Gabriel Faure’s The Merchant of Venice in a specially recorded performance from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Music featured in the programme includes:
Claude Debussy, Proses lyriques: No. 4, De soir
Performer: Lisa Milne (soprano) Performer: Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet - fantasy overture (Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda)

Frederick Delius, The Walk to the Paradise Garden (interlude) from A Village Romeo & Juliet (Conductor: David Charles Abell)

Hector Berlioz Introduction, Romeo alone ... Festivities at the Capulets’, Love scene, Queen Mab Scherzo, Romeo at the Capulets’ tomb from Romeo et Juliet - symphonie dramatique (Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda)

Edward German, Overture and Shepherd’s Dance from Henry VIII (Conductor: John Wilson)
Series: Afternoon on 3
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Transmission details: 20 Apr 2012 at 14:00 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
Duration: 150 mins

Music: Claude Debussy; Edward German; Frederick Delius; Gabriel Fauré; Hector Berlioz; Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Contributor: Penny Gore

General: Radio series focusing on recent performances by the BBC Philharmonic and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

British Universities Film & Video Council