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Episode 121: Sounds of Shakespeare: Shakespeare on the Screen

Sounds of Shakespeare: Shakespeare on the Screen

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Matthew Sweet joins the BBC Concert Orchestra for film music inspired by Shakespeare.

Matthew Sweet joins the BBC Concert Orchestra in Stratford-upon-Avon for a programme of film music inspired by the plays of William Shakespeare. Including music from Henry V.

Matthew Sweet joins the BBC Concert Orchestra live in Stratford-upon-Avon for a programme of film music inspired by the plays of William Shakespeare. Including music from one of the great Shakespeare collaborations of the 20th century, William Walton and Laurence Olivier's Henry V. Recorded in April in front of an audience at Shakespeare's former school, King Edward VI School in Stratford-upon-Avon, as part of Radio 3's Sounds of Shakespeare weekend.

Also featured in the programme is music by Patrick Doyle for "Much Ado About Nothing"; Jocelyn Pook's score for Al Pacino's 2004 "Merchant of Venice" - the orchestra will be joined by singers Laura Wright and Tim Clifford Hill; Erich Korngold's music for the 1935 Max Reinhardt version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"; Michael Nyman's music for "Prospero's Books"; Miklos Roza's music for the 1953 Marlon Brando "Julius Caesar"; and Nino Rota's score for Franco Zeffirelli's "Romeo and Juliet".

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