Synopsis
Live from Radio 3's pop-up studio in Stratford-upon-Avon, Tom Service charts 400 years of magical chemistry between Shakespeare's language and the music and sounds it has created.
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.
In Tune | Shakespeare Day
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.