Incidental Music to Shakespeare’s Plays
- Synopsis
- Radio broadcast. The Western Studio Orchestra lead by Frank Thomas plays incidental music to Shakespeare’s plays. Nicolai’s Overture for The Merry Wives of Windsor is followed by Mendelssohn’s Scherzo for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and a selection of Foulds’s Suite for King Henry VIII, Orlando Gibbons contemporary piece ‘The Lord Salisbury and his Pavin’, Rosse’s music for The Merchant of Venice and Coleridge-Taylor’s music for Othello.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 23 Apr 1935 at 19:15 (Channel: BBC)
- Duration
- 45 mins
- Availability
- No copy extant
Credits
- Music
- Felix Mendelssohn; Frederick Rosse; John Foulds; Orlando Gibbons; Otto Nicolai; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Additional Details
- Production type
- Other
- Plays
- Henry VIII; Merchant of Venice, The; Merry Wives of Windsor, The; Midsummer Night’s Dream, A; Othello
- Subjects
- Drama; Music
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); musical adaptations
Notes
- Notes
- Broadcast by BBC station West.
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Incidental Music to Shakespeare’s Plays". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av70475 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)