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Music of Smetana (1946 Radio)
- Series
- Sunday Rhapsody
- Producer
- Stanford Robinson; Harold Neden
First performance of Smetana’s opera fragment Viola, which is based on Twelfth Night.The music, performed by the BBC Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, includes the overture of the opera as well as other...
Sir John in Love (1946 Radio)
- Producer
- Sumner Austin
Radio broadcast of the second and third acts of the new production of the opera by Vaughan Williams relayed from Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London. The libretto of the opera that was first performed at the...
Story of Music [12/12/1946] (1946 Radio)
- Series
- Story of Music
Frank Black leads the Frank Black Orchestra in incidental music from Shakespeare.
Otello (1946 Radio)
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York of Verdi’s Otello. Ralf Torsten sings the title role. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus is conducted by George Szell.
Music from Shakespeare (1945 Radio)
- Series
- Music from Shakespeare
13-part weekly radio series on music inspired by Shakespeare’s plays. Each episode focuses on a different play and is introduced by a different presenter (see below). Where an edition of London Calling was...
Through the Year (1944 Radio)
- Producer
- Stephen Thomas
Radio broadcast. Programme of poetry by Shakespeare and his contemporaries chosen by Bea Howe and read by Robert Harris and Sara Jackson. With Shakespeare songs composed by Roger Quilter and sung by Henry...
Shakespearean Songs (1942 Radio)
Shakespearean songs sung by Mary Worth and Mary Davies. ‘I Know a Bank’ (Martin Shaw) and ‘Through bush, through brier’ (Armstrong Gibbs) both sung as duets. Mary Worth ‘O Willow, willow’ (trad.)...
Shakespeare Songs (1941 Radio)
- Series
- Music of Britain, The
Radio programme comprised of Shakespeare songs conducted by Trevor Harvey and sung by the BBC singers. The songs include: Who is Sylvia? (German) Ye spotted snakes (Geoffrey Shaw) Sigh no more, ladies (E. J....
Otello (1941 Radio)
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York of Verdi’s Otello. Giovanni Martinelli sings the title role. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by Ettore Panizza. Milton...
Otello (1940 Radio)
- Series
- Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts
Verdi’s opera with Giovanni Martinelli in the title role. Ettore Panizza conducts the New York Metropolitan Opera and Chorus