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Sounds of Shakespeare

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's breakfast show live from Stratford-upon-Avon for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. The guest is Shakespeare expert Andrew Dickson.

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show live from Stratford-upon-Avon for the 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare. With guest global Shakespeare expert Andrew Dickson.

大象传媒 Radio 3 marks the 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare with a season celebrating the four centuries of music and performance that his plays and sonnets have inspired. Over the anniversary weekend, from Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th April, Radio 3 will broadcast live from a pop-up studio at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Other Place Theatre and other historic venues across Stratford-upon-Avon.

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Sun 24 Apr 2016 07:00
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Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Nocturne, from incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs鈥惷塴ys茅es. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 6.

  • Robert Johnson

    "Have you seen but a white lily grow", from The Devil is an Ass

    Singer: John Potter. Performer: Stephen Stubbs.
    • EMI.
    • 17.

  • Ilona Sekacz

    A Plague of All Cowards

    Ensemble: Musicians of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Conductor: John Woolf.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 17.

  • Matthew Harris

    "O mistress mine", from Shakespeare Songs

    Choir: Phoenix Bach Choir. Conductor: Charles Bruffy.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 6.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Overture to I Capuleti e I Montecchi

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
    • TELDEC.
    • 1.

  • Hector Berlioz

    "Vous soupirez, madame鈥� Nuit paisible et sereine", from Beatrice and Benedict

    Singer: Christiane Eda鈥怭ierre. Singer: Helen Watts. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 14.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Puck, Op 71 No 3, from Lyric Pieces

    Performer: H氓kon Austb酶.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
    • 15.

  • Claude Debussy

    La Danse de Puck 鈥� Preludes, Book 1, No 11

    Performer: Alain Plan猫s.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 11.

  • John Dankworth

    Dunsinane Blues

    Singer: Cleo Laine. Ensemble: Quartet.
    • FONTANA.
    • 7.

  • Johann Jakob Froberger

    Courante, third movement of Suite no 8 in A major

    Performer: Christophe Rousset.
    • AMBROISIE.
    • 11.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    The Young Juliet, from Romeo and Juliet

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.
    • 10.

  • Cole Porter

    "Brush up your Shakespeare", from Kiss Me, Kate

    Performer: Henry Goodman. Performer: Rufus Hound. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Conductor.
    • From the TV gala "Shakespeare Live".

  • Douglas Lilburn

    Players' Music

    Performer: Michael Houstoun.
    • RATTLE.
    • 16.

  • Hans Abrahamsen

    "O but memory is not one but many", from Let Me Tell You

    Singer: Barbara Hannigan. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • WINTER & WINTER.
    • 2.

  • Sven-Eric Johanson

    "Hark! Hark! The Lark", No 9 of Fancies

    Choir: Norwegian Soloists' Choir. Performer: Hans-Kristian Kjos S酶rensen. Conductor: Grete Pedersen.
    • SIMAX.
    • 11.

  • Lars鈥怑rik Larsson

    A Winter's Tale 鈥� Suite, Op 18

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Stig Westerberg.
    • SWEDISH SOCIETY.
    • 4-7.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    The Silver Swanne

    Choir: Ex Cathedra Choir. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • 大象传媒 recording.

  • Thomas Arne

    When daisies pied and violets blue

    Singer: Catherine Bott. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Director: Peter Holman.
    • HYPERION.
    • 14.

  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No 4 in G major

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE.

  • Mario Castelnuovo鈥怲edesco

    Shakespeare Sonnet No 8 - Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly?

    Singer: Ashley Riches. Performer: Emma Abbate.
    • RESONUS.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sun 24 Apr 2016 07:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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