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Music and Shakespeare
Great Orchestral Masterpieces with the words that inspired them
Part of the Music for Guildford 2019-20 Season
Add to my Calendar 21-09-2019 19:30 21-09-2019 21:30 36 Music and Shakespeare Southern Pro Musica brings you an evening of orchestral masterpieces inspired by the works of Shakespeare, together with some of the Bard’s most dramatic speeches performed by one of UK’s best-loved actors, Brian Blessed. The music ranges from the classical sparkle of Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream to dramatic orchestral works by Prokofiev and Walton, whose Henry Vth Suite brings together the music from the classic 1944 film with the greatest orations from Shakespeare’s play. There’ll also be the romantic passion of Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Overture to enjoy, the movingly poignant Nimrod by Elgar and Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Greensleeves. Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
Millbrook
Guildford
Surrey
GU1 3UX
England
Programme
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet (fantasia-overture), TH 42
Sergey Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet (1st suite), Op.64bis
Edward Elgar – Enigma Variations, Op.36: Nimrod
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Felix Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night's Dream, overture, Op.21
William Walton – Henry V: Suite
Performers
Brian Blessed – Actor
Jonathan Willcocks – Conductor
Southern Pro Musica
Programme Note
Southern Pro Musica brings you an evening of orchestral masterpieces inspired by the works of Shakespeare, together with some of the Bard’s most dramatic speeches performed by one of UK’s best-loved actors, Brian Blessed.
The music ranges from the classical sparkle of Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream to dramatic orchestral works by Prokofiev and Walton, whose Henry Vth Suite brings together the music from the classic 1944 film with the greatest orations from Shakespeare’s play. There’ll also be the romantic passion of Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Overture to enjoy, the movingly poignant Nimrod by Elgar and Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Greensleeves.
