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The Sounds of Shakespeare

Live from Radio 3's studio in Stratford-Upon-Avon, Tom Service charts 400 years of chemistry between Shakespeare's language and the music and sounds it has created.

Live from Radio 3's Pop-Up Studio in the RSC's The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, Tom Service charts 400 years of magical chemistry between Shakespeare's language and the music and sound palate it has given life to over the last 400 years - from Romeo and Juliet to The Tempest.

Part of "Sounds of Shakespeare" Radio 3's weekend (22-24th April) from Stratford-upon-Avon, marking the 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare. Radio 3 will be broadcasting music and performance inspired by Shakespeare, live from their pop-up studio at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Other Place Theatre and from historic venues across the town.

1 hour

Last on

Fri 22 Apr 2016 18:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

Music Played

  • Hector Berlioz

    Queen Mab Scherzo

  • Henry Purcell

    Act IV Symphony from "The Fairy Queen"

  • Benjamin Britten

    You Spotted Snakes with Double Tongue

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.

  • Richard Wagner

    Das Liebesverbot (Overture)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.

  • Guy Woolfenden

    Ariel's Song from The Tempest

  • Thomas Arne

    On a Day Alack the Day

  • Brett Dean

    String Quartet No.2 "And I once played Ophelia" 1st movement

Broadcast

  • Fri 22 Apr 2016 18:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3