Name: Shakespeare in Music
Start: 2023-07-08T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-07-08T00:00:00.000Z
Location: St Martin-in-the-Fields

Organization

Conductor

Cayenna Ponchione Bailey

Others

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

St Martin In the Fields

Shakespeare in Music

London

United Kingdom

St Martin-in-the-Fields

Shakespeare in Music: Timon of Athens, Z.632 Purcell (+4 More)

Public

Timon of Athens, Z.632

The Fairy-Queen

Henry V (1944) OST

Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348

The Tempest

Approved

Interspersed with readings by Shakespearian actors from the bard’s most beloved plays, we trace Shakespeare’s influence across 400 years of music history. Follow along from the songs of Shakespeare’s contemporary Francesca Caccini (1587–1641); to the incidental music written by Henry Purcell (1659–1695) for Timon of Athens and The Fairy Queen; to William Walton’s (1902-1983) music for Henry V; to the first live performance of the incidental music composed by Guy Woolfenden (1937–2016) for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of The Tempest since the 1978 acclaimed production. Suite Nos 2 & 3 from Handel’s Water Music add joyous closure to this summer concert.

English

Shakespeare in Music by Purcell, Walton, Händel, Woolfenden, From (2023/2023), Conductor Cayenna Ponchione Bailey, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, United Kingdom

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Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

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