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Shakespeare and English Music

Sunday 23 April 2006 21:00-22:00 (Radio 3)

British Composers and English Music Day

Actress Fiona Shaw explores the rich vein of English music inspired by the words of William Shakespeare. Includes music by Roger Quilter, Benjamin Britten, Gerald Finzi, Ralph Vaughan-Williams and songs written for various stagings of The Tempest down the ages - from the original 1609 production to Sir Michael Tippett's music for the Old Vic production in 1961.

Radio 3 schedule for English Music Day 23 April 2006

Duration:

1 hour

Download available

You can download a selection of Shakespeare readings from this programme as an mp3 file for 7 days after broadcast.

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