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Sounds of Shakespeare

Verity Sharp celebrates Shakespeare with folk music, including Peter Knight's Gigspanner, Wes Finch and Rufus Wainwright. Plus Andrew Dickson, author of a book on the Bard.

Verity Sharp celebrates the influence of Shakespeare's work with a concert from Stratford-upon-Avon, including English folk music inspired by The Bard performed by Wes Finch and friends, as well as by Peter Knight's Gigspanner. Also musicians from the current RSC production of Hamlet; with guest Andrew Dickson, author of "World Elsewhere: Journeys Around Shakespeare's Globe," and performing too is Rufus Wainwright, who'll be at the piano singing some of his own settings of Shakespeare's Sonnets.

Part of "Sounds of Shakespeare" Radio 3's weekend (22-24th April) from Stratford-Upon-Avon, marking the 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare. Radio 3 will be broadcasting music and performance inspired by Shakespeare, live from their pop-up studio at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Other Place Theatre and from historic venues across the town.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Wes Finch

    O, Mistress Mine

    Performer: Wes Finch. Performer: Jools Street. Performer: Ben Haines.
  • Wes Finch

    Come Away, Death

    Performer: Wes Finch. Performer: Jools Street. Performer: Ben Haines.
  • Wes Finch

    Sigh No More, Ladies

    Performer: Wes Finch. Performer: Jools Street. Performer: Ben Haines.
  • Wes Finch

    Those Hours (Sonnet 5)

    Performer: Wes Finch. Performer: Jools Street. Performer: Ben Haines.
  • Wes Finch

    How Shall I Your True Love Know?

    Performer: Wes Finch. Performer: Jools Street. Performer: Ben Haines.
  • Wes Finch

    O, never say that I was false of heart (Sonnet 109)

    Performer: Wes Finch. Performer: Jools Street. Performer: Ben Haines.
  • Peasants, Students and Soldiers from the People's Republic of China

    The Long March

    • The East is Red.
    • Smithsonian Folkways.
    • 3.
  • Sola Akingbola

    Ophelia's Themes

    Performer: Natalie Simpson. Performer: Sola Akingbola. Performer: Dirk Campbell. Performer: Sidiki Dembele. Performer: Joe Archer.
  • Sola Akingbola

    The Fight Ritual

    Performer: Sola Akingbola. Performer: Sidiki Dembele. Performer: Dirk Campbell. Performer: Joe Archer.
  • Sola Akingbola

    Waltz (Gertrude's Fugue)

    Performer: Sola Akingbola. Performer: Sidiki Dembele. Performer: Joe Archer. Performer: Dirk Campbell.
  • Rekha Bhardwaj

    Tere ishq mein

  • Gigspanner

    She Moved Through The Fair

    Performer: Peter Knight's Gigspanner.
  • Peter Knight's Gigspanner

    The Bows of London

  • Peter Knight's Gigspanner

    Death and the Lady

  • Lulinha Alencar

    Aquele Chorinho

    Performer: Lulinha Alencar.
    • Gem Gonzaga.
    • Nucleo Contemporaneo.
    • 3.
  • Carlos Vives

    El Mar de sus Ojos

    Performer: Carlos Vives.
    • Mas Corazon Profundo.
    • Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • Rufus Wainwright

    The Art Teacher

  • Rufus Wainwright

    Sonnet 43 - When Most I Wink

  • Rufus Wainwright

    Montauk

  • Rufus Wainwright

    Sonnet 20 - A Woman's Face

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  • Fri 22 Apr 2016 23:00

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