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Morning Performance: Shakespeare in Music: 2: Lovers

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

With Christopher Cook.
Shakespeare defined the nature of love in many of its different forms, and his lovers have haunted music.

Wagenaar Overture: The Taming of the Shrew - BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Barry Wordsworth

Cole Porter I Hate Men; Were Thine That Special Fate (Kiss Me Kate) - Lisa Milne (soprano), Christopher Maltman (baritone), BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Nicholas Kok

Flnzi Let Us Garlands Bring (Five Shakespeare Songs) - Christopher Maltman (baritone), BBC Scottish SO, conductor Martyn Brabbins

Berlioz Nuit Paisible et Serene (Beatrice et Benedict) - Lisa Milne (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo), BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Stephen Barlow

Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet (original version) - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jerzy Maksymiuk

Prokofiev Balcony Scene: Death of Juliet (Romeo and Juliet) - BBC Philharmonic, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier

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Presenter:
Christopher Cook
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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