Shakespeare’s "Songs"
- Synopsis
- Recording of a live streamed performance featuring soprano Sarah Pillow, lutenist Ronn McFarlane and actor Sorab Wadia. They perform ballads and love songs with Shakespeare, the music chosen from songs referenced, inserted or quoted in his plays, interspersed with some of his sonnets.
- Series
- Midtown Concerts
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Video
- Transmission details
- 15 Sep 2022 at 13:15
- Duration
- 36 mins
Additional Details
- Production type
- Operas and Musicals
- Subjects
- Music; Shakespeare
Notes
- General
- The programme includes:
Twelfth Night: ‘O Mistress Mine’ by Thomas Morley
Sonnet 65 - Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea
Merry Wives of Windsor: Greensleeves Anon. (Ballet Lute Book c. 1590)
Merry Wives of Windsor: Greensleeves by Francis Cutting
Merry Wives of Windsor: Greensleeves Anon. (Thysius Lute Book c. 1600)
Merry Wives of Windsor: ‘Fortune My Foe’ by John Dowland
Sonnet 29 - When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes
The Tempest: ‘Where the Bee Sucks" by Robert Johnson
Sonnet 99 - The forward violet thus did I chide
The Tempest: ‘Full Fathom Five’ Robert Johnson
The Tempest: ‘Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home’ by John Dowland
Sonnet 30 - When to the sessions of sweet, silent thought
Othello: ‘The Willow Song’ Anonymous
Sonnet 66 - Tired with all these, for restful death I cry
Pavana in F major No. 1 ‘Bray’ by William Byrd
Sonnet 25 - Let those who are in for with their stars
As You Like It: ‘It Was A Lover and His Lass’ First Book of Ayres, 1600) by Thomas Morley - History
- St Malachy’s Church, The Actors’ Chapel, in New York City.
Online Availability
- Online URL
- https://youtu.be/U7dRpR44DjY
- Online format
- Streamed
Distributor
- Name
YouTube
- Web
- http://www.youtube.com External site opens in new window
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Shakespeare’s "Songs"". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av79938 (Accessed 25 Nov 2024)