Synopsis
The BBC Singers and their chief conductor Sofi Jeannin combine music for a midsummer's evening with Shakespeare settings, live from St Paul's Knightsbridge.
Further Information
Similar plays, poems and sonnets
Afternoon Concert | Shakespeare Day
Music inspired by Shakespeare, including Mendelssohn's overture and incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Arthur Sullivan's incidental music for The Tempest.
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Katie Derham speaks to composer Nigel Hess about writing music for Shakespeare's plays over the years, plus countertenor Robin Blaze and lute player Matthew Wadsworth perform Shakespeare settings live in the studio.