Shakespeare: Macbeth

Alternative title
Macbeth
Synopsis
Radio series, broadcast over five consecutive days, in which Peggy Reynolds unravels the plot of a Shakespeare play and introduces music associated with it. Part 5 MACBETH includes excerpts from Verdi’s Macbeth (La Scala Chorus and Orchestra/Abbado), Horovitz’s Glamis Thou Art (Sarah Walker, soprano; Graham Johnson, piano), Smetana Macbeth and the Witches (Radoslav Kvapil (piano) and Massenet Scenes Dramatiques (Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra/John Eliot Gardiner).
Series
Sound Stories
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Radio
Transmission details
22 May 1998 at 11:00 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
Duration
60 mins

Credits

Producer
Piers Burton-Page
Music
Bedrich Smetana; Giuseppe Verdi; Joseph Horovitz; Jules Massenet
Contributor
Peggy Reynolds

Additional Details

Production type
Documentary/Educational/News
Plays
Macbeth
Subjects
Drama; Music
Keywords
Music; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

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

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Shakespeare, "Shakespeare: Macbeth". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av37856 (Accessed 10 Nov 2024)