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  • Shakespeare Music (1936 Radio)

    Radio programme of "music by composers of other countries dealing with Shakespearean subjects" as well as a selection of songs written by English composers played by the BBC Midland Orchestra, conducted by...

  • Recital of Shakespeare Songs, A (1936 Radio)

    Radio broadcast. The BBC Singers conducted by Trevor Harvey perform a selection of Shakespeare songs by Joseph Bridge, Macfarren, Charles Wood, Vaughan Williams, Ernest Walker.

  • Verdi’s ‘Falstaff’ (1936 Radio)

    Series
    Keyboard Talks

    Radio broadcast. In part 3 and 4 of the music series ‘Keyboard Talks’, Leslie H. Heward and Victor Hely-Hutchinson talk about the current production of Verdi’s Falstaff at the Old Vic, London.

  • Lustigen Weiber, Die (1936 Film)

    aka: Merry Wives of Windsor, The

    Director
    Carl Hoffmann

    Feature film. An operatic version of The Merry Wives of Windsor. The lyrics are by Willy Dehmel.

  • Falstaff (1935 Radio)

    Verdi’s opera relayed from the Festspielhaus, Salzburg in co-operation with the Austrian Broadcasting Company. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Arturo Toscanini.

  • Incidental Music to Shakespeare’s Plays (1935 Radio)

    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...

  • Otello (1934 Radio)

    Director
    Otto Erhardt

    Radio broadcast. The first act of Verdi’s opera is relayed from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. Thomas Beecham conducts the production by Otto Erhardt. With Lauritz Melchior as Othello.

  • Shakespearean Music (1934 Radio)

    Radio programme of Shakespearean music. The BBC Orchestra, conducted by Joseph Lewis plays German’s Coronation March (Henry VIII), Nicolai’s Overture for ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’, Bantok’s...

  • Music Hath Charms ... (1934 Radio)

    Radio music programme, inspired by the works of Shakespeare. The Northern Studio Orchestra, directed by John Bridge, plays Edward German’s Overture to ‘Richard III’, various pieces from Quilter’s...

  • Norman O’Neil Programme, A: Music to Shakespeare’s Plays (1934 Radio)

    aka: Music to Shakespeare’s Plays

    Norman O’Neill conducts the Wireless Chorus and the BBC Orchestra in a concert of his own music, written for Shakespeare’s plays. The Orchestra plays the Overture from ‘Hamlet’ and ‘Three...