Brush Up On Your Shakespeare
Jamie MacDougall plays music inspired by the Bard of Avon, from Purcell's Fairy Queen to Prokofiev's fight scenes.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet: Montagues and Capulets
Artist: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
- Prokofiev Cinderella/Romeo and Juliet.
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Nino Rota
Romeo and Juliet: Love Theme
Artist: Nino Rota
- Romeo and Juliet.
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Leonard Bernstein
Tonight
Artist: Marni Nixon Artist: Richard Bryant
- West Side Story.
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William Walton
Hamlet: to be or not to be
Artist: Sir John Gielgud Artist: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
- Walton Hamlet/As You Like It.
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Aram Khachaturian
Othello - Desdemona's Arioso
Artist: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Khachaturian - Othello.
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Charles Dibdin
The Warwickshire Lad
Artist: Jamie MacDougall
- The Sweet Swan of Avon.
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Jean Sibelius
"Miranda" and "Naiads" from the Tempest
Artist: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
- Jean Sibelius.
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Guy Woolfenden
The Owl and the Cuckoo
Artist: Yvonne Howard
- Sweet Swan of Avon.
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Henry Purcell
The Fairy Queen: Symphony
Artist: Musicians of the Globe
- Purcell’s Shakespeare.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music
Artist: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
- Serenade to Music.
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Cole Porter
Brush up your Shakespeare (from Kiss Me Kate)
Artist: London Sinfonietta
- Kiss Me Kate.
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Ibert
Macbeth: Main Theme
Artist: Ibert
- Macbeth (Original film soundtrack).
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Giuseppe Verdi
Chorus of the Scottish Exiles (Macbeth)
Artist: Slovak Philharmonic Choir and orchestra
- Verdi Opera Choruses.
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Arthur Sullivan
Macbeth Overture
Artist: BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Sullivan: Macbeth Overture, Cello Concerto, Te Deum.
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Quilter
Come away, death
Artist: Anthony Rolfe Johnson Artist: Graham Johnson
- A Treasury of English Song.
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Dietrich Henschel
My Mistress' Eyes
Composer: Korngold
- Korngold Lieder.
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William Jackson
Where the bee sucks
Artist: Frances Kelly
- The English Orpheus.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Artist: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture.
Broadcasts
- Sun 15 Apr 201217:05BBC Radio Scotland
- Tue 21 Aug 201220:05BBC Radio Scotland except Extra
- Sun 26 Aug 201217:05BBC Radio Scotland
