
Shakespeare at the Movies
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra plays music used in the films of Shakespeare's works. Ken Bruce presents the show from London's Mermaid Theatre.
As part of the Radio 2 at the Movies season - this week's "Friday Night is Music Night" features music used in the films of the great Bard 's works - "Shakespeare at the Movies". Ken Bruce presents the show live from London's Mermaid Theatre close by the Thames and a stone's throw from Shakespeare's own Globe Theatre. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra is conducted by Richard Balcombe and their performance includes extracts from WIlliam Walton's music from "Henry V "and "Richard III"; Stephen Warbeck's score for the award winning "Shakespeare in Love"; Nino Rota's love theme from "Romeo and Juliet" ; Eric Rodgers music to "Carry on Cleo" and Otto Nicolai's "The Merry Wives of Windsor". Tonight's Friday Night singers Shona Lindsay; Tim Rogers and Jimmy Johnson invite you to "Brush Up Your Shakepeare" with a selection of songs from "Kiss Me Kate"(Cole Porter); "West Side Story" (Leonard Bernstein) and Rodgers and Hart's "The Boys from Syracuse" - based on "The Comedy of Errors".
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- Fri 24 Apr 2009 19:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 2