Shakespear 400

Vladimir Jurowski conducts music inspired by Shakespeare, with readings directed by Simon Callow.
Giuseppe Verdi: Una vela! from Otello
Giuseppe Verdi: Esultate! from Otello
William Shakespeare: Othello, Act 1 scene 1: Wilt thou be fast to my hopes
Giuseppe Verdi: Credo in un Dio crudel from Otello
William Shakespeare: Othello, Act 4 scene 3: Good faith, how foolish are our minds!
Giuseppe Verdi: Piangea cantando (Willow song) from Otello
Hector Berlioz: Recitative & Scherzetto from Roméo et Juliette
Sergey Prokofiev: Dance of the knights from Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Act 3, scene 1: To be, or not to be
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Overture from the Incidental music to Hamlet, Op.67b
William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Act 3 scene 1: Soft you now! The fair Ophelia!
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Votre amoureux, a quels gages from Hamlet
William Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice, Act 5 scene 1: Sweet soul, let's in
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Interval
Benjamin Britten: (Introduction (Over hill, over dale) from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Benjamin Britten: Oberon is passing fell and wrath from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Felix Mendelssohn: Bunte Schlangen, zweitgezüngt from A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 4 scene 1: Come, sit thee down
Felix Mendelssohn: Melodrama from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Felix Mendelssohn: Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Thomas Adès: The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 4 (Sorcerer Die)
Thomas Adès: The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 5 (Have you recorded them? - Five fathoms deep)
William Walton: Prologue from Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario arr. Christopher Palmer
William Walton: The Night watch from Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario arr. Christopher Palmer
William Walton: Agincourt from Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario arr. Christopher Palmer
William Walton: Epilogue from Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario arr. Christopher Palmer
William Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act5 scene 5: The Windsor bell hath struck twelve
Giuseppe Verdi: Tutto, nel mundo è burla from Falstaff

Performers
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Simon Callow director
Chahine Yavroyan lighting designer
Kate Royal soprano
Allison Bell soprano
Gabriela Istoc soprano
Dame Felicity Palmer -> Catherine Wyn-Rogers mezzo-soprano (Emilia in Othello)
Dame Felicity Palmer -> Muriel Brunskill mezzo-soprano (Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music; Mistress Quickly in Falstaff)
Rachael Lloyd mezzo-soprano
Iestyn Davies countertenor
Toby Spence tenor
Ronald Samm tenor
Alasdair Elliott tenor
Andrew Shore baritone
Simon Keenlyside baritone
Lukas Jakobski bass
Anna Chancellor actor
Dominic West actor
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Trinity Boys Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Dates
Royal Festival Hall
Sat, 13 Apr 2016, 7:30 PM
Running time: 2 hours 45 minutes (1 Interval)

Ticket
Green Side, Level 5, Door J WW22, 12.00 GBP