Performance on 3 - BBC Concert Orchestra and Singers, Shakespeare

Presented by Petroc Trelawny The BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Singers join forces for a concert exploring British composers' settings of works by the great English bard William Shakespeare. The programme includes suites by William Walton for the classic films Richard III and Henry V, and Ralph Vaughan Williams' much-loved setting of words from The Merchant of Venice. Also there's Frank Bridge's miniature gem of a tone poem and Shakespeare Songs by Cyril Rootham and Giles Swayne. With readings by Simon Paisley Day. William Walton arr. Mathieson: Richard III - A Shakespeare Suite John Gardner: nos 1, 2, 4, 5 from Seven Songs Frank Bridge: There is a willow grows aslant a brook Ralph Vaughan Williams: Richard II (extracts) Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs Ralph Vaughan Williams: Henry IV Cyril Rootham: 2 Shakespeare Songs Giles Swayne: 3 Shakespeare Songs William Walton (arr. Muir Mathieson): Suite: Henry V Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music BBC Singers BBC Concert Orchestra David Hill conductor Followed by performances by students at the Royal Academy of Music Handel Semele Act I Scene I Chorus - Avert these omens, all ye pow'rs Royal Academy Opera and Baroque Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras conductor (CD of live recording from 2009 performance) Live performance - Telemann Sonata in E minor for oboe and continuo - "Essercizii Musici" TWV 44:e6 Laurence Cummings harpsichord and Leo Duarte baroque oboe JS Bach Cantata BWV45 'Es ist dir Gesagt' (opening chorus) Royal Academy of Music Baroque Orchestra & Chorus Iain Ledingham conductor (CD of Live recording from Royal Academy of Music / Kohn Foundation Bach Cantata Series) Rameau Dardanus - Lieux funestes, où tout respire; L'Air de triomphe Allan Clayton Dardanus Royal Academy Opera and Sinfonia Laurence Cummings conductor (CD of live recording November 2006).