BBC Proms 2007 (repeats) - 26/12/2007

Continuing the Christmas and New Year series of highlights of the 2007 BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, Petroc Trelawny introduces a performance by the Britten Sinfonia with actors Prunella Scales and Timothy West of readings from Shakespeare interleaved with music inspired by his plays. Anna Dennis (mezzo-soprano) Prunella Scales, Timothy West (speakers) Britten Sinfonia Alexander Shelley (conductor) Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Overture and Scherzo) Korngold: Much Ado About Nothing Suite Stravinsky: Three Songs from William Shakespeare Bridge: There Is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook Shostakovich: Hamlet Suite.