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Shakespeare Songs

Claire Martin presents Shakespeare Songs, a concert set by saxophonist Andy Sheppard and pianist Guillaume de Chassy, who perform music inspired by the works of Shakespeare.

Claire Martin presents 'Shakespeare Songs' a concert set by saxophonist Andy Sheppard & pianist Guillaume de Chassy performing music inspired by characters from William Shakespeare's plays and poems. Recorded on the Jazz Line-Up stage at the 2014 London Jazz Festival , their music makes
bold use of colour, space, melody, and dynamics drawing inspiration from Renaissance composers Thomas Morley and William Byrd.

1 hour, 15 minutes

Music Played

  • Cleo Laine, Johnny Dankworth

    Take All My Love (Sonnet 40)

    • Shakespeare And All That Jazz.
    • Fontana STL 5209.
  • 成人快手 Recording, recorded at the Clore Ballroom, Southbank Centre, London Jazz Festival 2014

    • Shakespeare Songs

      Perdita

  • Alex Garnett's Bunch of 5

    Holmes

    • Andromeda.
    • Whirlwind Recordings Ltd WR 4664.
  • Chingaro

    Pack Up Your Bags

    • Bombay Makossa.
    • Abstract Logix ABLX 044.
  • Lionel Belmondo

    Hymne Au Soleil

    • Now's the Time III.
    • Babel BVOR 12113.
  • Laura Jurd

    Opening Sequence

    • Human Spirit.
    • Chaos Collective CC 004.
  • Count Basie

    Lil' Darlin'

    • Count Basie 聳 Original Album Series: The Atomic Mr.Basie.
    • Warner 2564 628 850.
  • 成人快手 Recording, recorded at the Clore Ballroom, Southbank Centre, London Jazz Festival 2014

    • Shakespeare Songs

      Perdita

    • Shakespeare Songs

      Othello's Tears

    • Shakespeare Songs

      Capulets and Montague Go Dancing

    • Shakespeare Songs

      Juliet In The Minor

  • Bill Laurance

    Smokers Castle

    • Flint.
    • Ground Up Music 2014.
  • Geoff Eales

    In The Abbey

    • Invocation.
    • Nimbus Alliance NI 6287.
  • Olivia Trummer

    Fly Now

    • Fly Now.
    • Contemplate CMN 14005.
  • Jochen R眉ckert

    We Make The Rules

    • We Make The Rules.
    • Whirlwind Recordings Ltd WR4658.

Photo Credit

Photos聽of Shakespeare Songs courtesy of Tim Dickeson

Broadcast

  • Sat 10 Jan 2015 18:00