Brush Up Your Shakespeare

Alternative title: 3: King Henry V
Synopsis: Third in a series of radio programmes, broadcast over five consecutive days, devoted to music inspired by Shakespeare’s plays. Peggy Reynolds introduces the following pieces of music:
"Agincourt Carol" as performed by Gothic Voices, conductor Christopher Page; Vaughan Williams’s "Overture" for Henry V (London Brass Virtuosi, conductor David Honeyball); Walton’s "Passacaglia on the Death of Falstaff" (Florida Philharmonic, conductor James Judd); George Dyson’s "Cantata: Agincourt", performed by the BBC Singers and the BBC Concert Orcherstra (conductor Stephen Cleobury); Patrick Doyle’s "Non, Nobis, Domine" performed by the Stephen Hill Singers and the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (conductor Simon Rattle).
Series: Sound Stories
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Recording date: 5 Jul 1999
Transmission details: 16 Jun 1999 at 11:00 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
Duration: 60 mins

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