From Bards to Blues
- Alternative title
- BBC Proms 2007 Prom 35
- Synopsis
- A live transmission from the 2007 Proms, presented by Geoffrey Smith. Jazz musicians John Dankworth and Cleo Laine celebrate their 80th birthdays with a combination of Shakespeare and jazz. Dankworth performs Duke Ellington’s Shakespearean suite Such Sweet Thunder and fashions his own blues settings out of the rhythm and moods of Shakespeare’s works in a sequence entitled ‘Shakespeare and all that Jazz’. John Dankworth directs the John Dankworth Quintet, BBC Big Band, and the BBC Concert Orchestra.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 8 Aug 2007 at 19:30 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
- Duration
- 135 (incl. interval)
Credits
- Music
- Duke Ellington; Johnny Dankworth
- Contributor
- Geoffrey Smith
- Cast
Cleo Laine Johnny Dankworth
Additional Details
- Production type
- Other
- Subjects
- Music
- Keywords
- jazz; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); musical adaptations
Notes
- Notes
- Relayed live from the Royal Albert Hall in London.
- History
- Broadcast as part of the 2007 Proms season theme ‘Shakespeare and Music’.
Includes a twenty-minute interval programme at 20:35.
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Archive
- Name
British Library Sound Archive
- 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
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How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "From Bards to Blues". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68908 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)