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Music Nation: BBC Symphony Orchestra Live (2012 Radio)
Radio programme. The centrepiece of this programme which presents highlights from Music Nation concerts across Britain is the UK premiere of singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright’s ‘Five Shakespeare...
Night Waves [03/05/2012] (2012 Radio)
aka: Landmarks: The Tempest
- Series
- Night Waves
- Producer
- Natalie Steed
BBC’s arts radio programme. Philip Dodd presents a special edition devoted to Shakespeare’s The Tempest. He discusses its continuing resonance with the writer and director Jonathan Miller who first...
The Choir [13/02/2011] (2011 Radio)
aka: English Madrigals with Emma Kirkby
- Series
- The Choir
Radio programme. Singer Emma Kirkby joins Aled Jones to sample Elizabethan Madrigals and some modern settings of verses by Shakespeare. Includes ‘Shakespeare Songs’ by Matthew Harris, ‘Songs and...
Paul Dukas (2011 Radio)
- Series
- Composer of the Week
First in a series of five radio programmes presented by Donal Macleod exploring the life and work of French composer Paul Dukas (1865-1935). This episode features an early Overture after Shakespeare, ‘Le...
Friday Night is Music Night [10/06/2011] (2011 Radio)
- Series
- Friday Night is Music Night
Radio programme celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Royal Shakespeare Company with music written for Shakespearean adaptations in film, theatre, ballet and opera. Includes soliloquys performed by members...
Performance on 3 [03/07/2010] (2010 Radio)
- Series
- Performance on 3
Radio programme investigating some settings of British composers whose music has been inspired by Shakespeare. It features songs by John Gardner (Nos 1, 2, 4, 5), Vaughan Williams, Cyril Rootham, Giles...
BBC Proms 2010 (2010 Radio)
Live radio transmission presented from London’s Royal Albert Hall by Andrew McGregor. Sir Simon Rattle and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment evoke two iconic pair of lovers, Berlioz’s dramatic...
Music Matters [09/10/2010] (2010 Radio)
- Series
- Music Matters
Radio classical music magazine programme in which presenter Tom Service talks to English composer Alexander Goehr about his new opera ‘Promised End’, which is structured around 24 short scenes from...
Falstaff: The Bad Man we All Need (2010 Radio)
- Series
- Twenty Minutes
- Producer
- Julian May
Radio programme. Paul Allen, who is writing a book about the character, reflects on the fascination of composers and writers with Falstaff. In this illustrated talk which covers composers such as Salierei,...
Vaughan Williams - The Stage Works (2010 Radio)
- Series
- Composer of the Week
In the third episode of the radio series exploring the life and works of Vaughan Williams, presenter Donald Macleod explores the composer’s Shakespeare opera - Sir John in Love, and his Elizabethan and...