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Sounds of Shakespeare

Live from Stratford-upon-Avon as part of Radio 3's Shakespeare celebrations, pianist Richard Sisson and friends attempt to perform music from every single Shakespeare play.

As part of Radio 3's celebration Sounds of Shakespeare live from Stratford-upon-Avon, Richard Sisson attempts to perform music from every single Shakespeare play, with pianist Ashley Wass, mezzo soprano Kitty Whately, baritone Mark Stone and the 主播大秀 Singers, proving that brevity is indeed the soul of wit.

主播大秀 Radio 3 marks the 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare with a season celebrating the four centuries of music and performance that his plays and sonnets have inspired. Over the anniversary weekend, from Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th April, Radio 3 will broadcast live from a pop-up studio at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Other Place Theatre and other historic venues across Stratford-upon-Avon.

1 hour, 58 minutes

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Sat 23 Apr 2016 12:45
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Music Played

  • Dankworth arr.Sisson

    The Compleat Works

    Performer: Kitty Whately (mezzo). Performer: Mark Stone (baritone).

  • Arne

    Where the Bee Sucks [The Tempest]

    Performer: Kitty Whately (mezzo). Performer: Richard Sisson (piano).

  • Schubert

    An Silvia [Two Gentlemen of Verona]

    Performer: Mark Stone (baritone). Performer: Richard Sisson (piano).

  • John Gardner

    Under the Greenwood Tree [As You Like It]

    Choir: 主播大秀 Singers.

  • Sisson

    Under the Greenwood Tree [As You Like It]

    Performer: Kitty Whately (mezzo). Performer: Mark Stone (baritone).

  • Sondheim arr Wordsworth

    Fear No More [Cymbeline]

    Performer: Richard Sisson (piano). Choir: 主播大秀 Singers.

  • Finzi

    Come Away Death [Twelth Night]

    Performer: Mark Stone (baritone). Performer: Richard Sisson (piano).

  • Dickinson

    Who is Silvia? [Two Gentlemen of Verona]

    Performer: Kitty Whately (mezzo). Performer: Richard Sisson (piano).

  • Ashton, Gardner & Dyke

    Blow Blow [As You Like It]

    Performer: Richard Sisson (piano). Choir: 主播大秀 Singers.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Fancie [The Merchant of Venice]

    Performer: Kitty Whately (mezzo). Performer: Richard Sisson (piano).

  • Francis Poulenc

    Fancy [The Merchant of Venice]

    Performer: Kitty Whately (mezzo). Performer: Richard Sisson (piano).

  • Alex Woolf

    Three Tempestous Tunes [The Tempest]

    Performer: Mark Stone (baritone). Performer: Richard Sisson (piano).

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Cloud-Capp鈥檇 Towers [The Tempest]

    Choir: 主播大秀 Singers.

  • Mendelssohn/Liszt

    Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream Concert Paraphrase

    Performer: Ashley Wass (piano).

  • Gardner

    The Fool Speaks [Twelth Night]

    Choir: 主播大秀 Singers.

  • Trad Montana

    When That I Was [Twelth Night]

    Performer: Mark Stone (baritone). Choir: 主播大秀 Singers.

  • Horovitz

    Lady Macbeth 鈥� a scena [Macbeth]

    Performer: Kitty Whately (mezzo). Performer: Richard Sisson (piano).

  • George Shearing

    Who is Silvia? [Two Gentlemen of Verona]

    Performer: Richard Sisson (piano). Choir: 主播大秀 Singers.

  • Sisson

    Beware the Ides of March [Julius Caesar]

    Performer: Ashley Wass (piano). Performer: Richard Sisson (piano).

  • Bernstein arr Sisson

    Somewhere [Romeo & Juliet]

    Performer: Kitty Whately (mezzo). Performer: Mark Stone (baritone).

  • Gardner arr Sisson

    If Music鈥� [Twelth Night]

    Performer: Kitty Whately (mezzo). Performer: Mark Stone (baritone).

Broadcast

  • Sat 23 Apr 2016 12:45
    主播大秀 Radio 3

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  • Saturday Classics

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