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BBC Proms 2009 (2009 Radio)
aka: Fairy Queen
- Director
- Francesca Gilpin
Live radio transmission from the Royal Albert Hall, London, of a semi-staged production of Purcell’s theatre score The Fairy Queen, directed by Francesca Gilpin. Based on the original production for...
Discovering Music [23/08/2009] (2009 Radio)
- Series
- Discovering Music
Radio programme. Presenter Stephen Johnson is joined by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Lawrence Renes, to discuss some of the factors that make Verdi’s Otello arguably a dramatic...
Warriors (2009 Radio)
- Series
- Words and Music
- Producer
- Allegra McIlroy
Radio programme featuring a selection of poetry and music on the subject of the warrior, from classical heroes to more contemporary soldiers. The programme opens with extracts from Henry V, read by and Don...
Shakespeare at the Movies (2009 Radio)
- Series
- Friday Night is Music Night
Live radio show presented by Ken Bruce featuring music used in the films of Shakespeare. The BBC Concert Orchestra is conducted by Richard Balcombe and their performance includes extracts from William...
Do Not Go Gentle (2009 Radio)
- Series
- Words and Music
- Producer
- Philippa Ritchie
Radio programme featuring a selection of poetry and music on the subject of the challenges and consolations of old age. An extract from Cymbeline ('Fear no more’) are read by actors Barbara Jefford and...
Femmes Fatales (2009 Radio)
- Series
- Words and Music
- Producer
- Philippa Ritchie
Radio programme featuring a selection of poetry and music on the subject of the femme fatale, an idea exemplified (among others) in the figure of Shakespeare’s Cleopatra. The programme starts with...
BBC Introducing Homegrown with Ras Kwame (2009 Radio)
aka: Hip Hop Shakespeare Winners
Special radio Hip Hop Shakespeare session featuring artists Bashy and Akala. Hosted by Ras Kwame. The five winners of the BBC Blast competition, where young adults between the ages of 13-19 were invited to...
Book of Hours, A (2008 Radio)
- Series
- Words and Music
Radio programme on the theme of different times of the day. This episode ends with Romeo and Juliet debating whether the bird they can hear is a nightingale or a lark (III v) that heralds the beginning of a...
Macbeth (2008 Radio, Video)
- Series
- Opera on 3: Live from the Met
- Director
- Adrian Noble
Live matinee broadcast of Verdi’s opera with Maria Guleghina as Lady Macbeth and Zeljiko Lucic as Macbeth. The stage direction is by Adrian Noble. Presented from New York by Margaret Junwait, the programme...
Macbeth (2008 Television)
- Series
- Great Performances at the Met
- Director
- Adrian Noble; Gary Halvorson
- Producer
- Louisa Briccetti; Victoria Warivonchik
Live matinee broadcast of Verdi’s opera with Maria Guleghina as Lady Macbeth and Lado Ataneli as Macbeth. The stage direction is by Adrian Noble and the direction for television by Gary Halvorson. The New...