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The Sounds of Shakespeare: Serenade to Music

Live from Stratford-upon-Avon for Radio 3's Sounds of Shakespeare weekend, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers under James Morgan perform Vaughan Williams's Serenade to Music.

"Here will we sit and let the sounds of music, creep in our ears".
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers, conducted by James Morgan, give a live performance of Vaughan Williams's Serenade to Music, the famously beautiful setting of part of The Merchant of Venice. From the historic Guild Chapel in Stratford-upon-Avon, as part of Radio 3's Sounds of Shakespeare weekend.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 is marking the 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare with a season celebrating the four centuries of music and performance that his plays and sonnets have inspired. Over the anniversary weekend, from Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th April, Radio 3 will broadcast live from a pop-up studio at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Other Place Theatre and other historic venues across Stratford-upon-Avon.

15 minutes

Last on

Sat 23 Apr 2016 17:40

Broadcast

  • Sat 23 Apr 2016 17:40