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CBSO under Edward Gardner in Music Inspired by Shakespeare

Recorded at Symphony Hall in Birmingham, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner play music inspired by Shakespeare.

Recorded at Symphony Hall, Birmingham

The CBSO conducted by Edward Gardner play music inspired by Shakespeare

Strauss: Macbeth
Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs
Verdi: Macbeth - ballet music

8.15: Interval

Walton: Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario (arr. Christopher Palmer)
Narrated by Samuel West

CBSO Chorus
CBSO
Samuel West, narrator
Edward Gardner, conductor

"O for a Muse of fire..." Shakespeare's Henry V crammed the Battle of Agincourt into a tiny wooden theatre. Four centuries later, William Walton matched that vision with music that redefined British cinema, and this lavish concert version weaves all the play's greatest speeches and Walton's score into a compelling musical drama. Edward Gardner launches the CBSO's year of Shakespeare celebrations with passionate Shakespearean masterpieces by Verdi and Richard Strauss.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 11 Jan 2016 19:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Richard Strauss

    Macbeth

    Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Three Shakespeare Songs

    Conductor: Edward Gardner. Choir: CBSO Chorus.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Macbeth - ballet music

    Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Macbeth and the Witches

    Performer: Radoslav Kvapil.
    • UNICORN-KANCHANA.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Much Ado About Nothing, Op.11 - Girl in the Bridal Chamber

    Performer: Ilona Prunyi.
    • MARCO POLO.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Much Ado About Nothing, Op.11 - Dogberry and Verges, March of the Watch

    Performer: Ilona Prunyi.
    • MARCO POLO.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Much Ado About Nothing, Op.11 - Masquerade

    Performer: Ilona Prunyi.
    • MARCO POLO.

  • William Walton

    Henry V - A Shakespeare Scenario

    Conductor: Edward Gardner. Narrator: Samuel West. Choir: CBSO Chorus. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Sonata in B flat BuxWV 273

    Ensemble: Ton Koopman.

Broadcast

  • Mon 11 Jan 2016 19:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3