Shakespeare at the BBC Proms 2016
Poet, playwright, muse: The BBC Proms celebrate the Bard's 400th anniversary.
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
With 16 soloists and the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo.
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Jonathan Dove: Our revels now are ended
With the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo.
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PCM 8: Songs by Purcell, Mendelssohn and Quilter—BBC Proms, 2016, Proms Chamber Music
Carolyn Sampson and Iestyn Davies sing music by Purcell, Mendelssohn and Quilter.
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Hans Abrahamsen: let me tell you
With Barbara Hannigan and the CBSO conducted by Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Fantasy-Overture 'Hamlet'
With Alexander Vedernikov conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
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Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Matthias Pintscher conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Overture)
Matthias Pintscher conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
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Proms interval talks: Shakespeare, sheep and shepherds
Reflections on the importance of the wool trade in the work of Shakespeare.
Cole Porter: Brush up your Shakespeare (Encore)
With the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Keith Lockhart.
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Richard Rodgers: The Boys from Syracuse
With the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Keith Lockhart.
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Cole Porter: Kiss Me Kate
With the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Keith Lockhart.
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Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
With the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Keith Lockhart.
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Joby Talbot: Springtime Dance from The Winter's Tale
With the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Keith Lockhart.
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William Walton: As You Like It - a poem for orchestra after Shakespeare
With the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Keith Lockhart.
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Sir Arthur Sullivan: The Tempest - Overture to Act 4
With the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Keith Lockhart.
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Gerald Finzi: Love’s Labour’s Lost - suite
With the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Keith Lockhart.
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William Walton: Richard III Suite (arr. Muir Mathieson)
With the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Keith Lockhart.
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Prom 44: Shakespeare: Stage and Screen—BBC Proms, 2016
The BBC Concert Orchestra celebrates Shakespeare-inspired music from the stage and screen.
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Proms interval talk: Shakespeare - Actors and Acting
Dr Sarah Dillon explores the way Shakespeare depicted the acting profession in his plays.
Hector Berlioz: Overture 'King Lear', Op 4
With the Hallé conducted by Sir Mark Elder.
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PCM 05: Fretwork and Stile Antico—BBC Proms, 2016, Proms Chamber Music
Fretwork and Stile Antico contrast music of Shakespeare's contemporaries with new settings
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Proms at...Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe—BBC Proms, 2016
The ensemble Arcangelo live at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe.
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Duke Ellington: Such Sweet Thunder (National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland)
With National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland conducted by Andrew Bain.
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Proms interval talk: Shakespeare, shipwrecks and sea-captains
Sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston looks at shipwrecks and sea captains in Shakespeare.


















