EVENINGS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
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PROGRAMME FOR 22 MAY 2002
SHAKESPEARE
Music Inspired by Shakepeare's Plays
1          A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
                    Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture,
                    Op. 21

                              London Philharmonic Orchestra cond. by Andrew Litton

2          KING LEAR
                    Hector Berlioz: Overture 'Le Roi Lear'

                              Polish State Philharmonic (Katowice) cond. by Kenneth Jean

3          OTHELLO
                    Gioacchino Rossini: Otello  -  Desdemona's Willow Song and
                    Prayer

                              Desdemona  -  Jennifer Larmore  (Mezzo-soprano)
                              English Chamber Orchestra cond. by Giuliano Carella

4          THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
                    Otto Nicolai: Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor  -  Overture

                              CSR Symphony Orchestra cond. by Alfred Walter

5          HAMLET
                    Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet  -  Ophelia's Mad Scene

                              Ophelia  -  Beverly Sills  (Soprano)
                              Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
                              cond. by Charles Mackerras

6          THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
                    Engelbert Humperdinck: Der Kaufman von Venedig  -  Love
                    Scene

                              CSR Symphony Orchestra cond. by Martin Fischer-Dieskau

7          ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
                    Samuel Barber: Antony and Cleopatra  -  Give me some music

                              Cleopatra  -  Dawn Upshaw  (Soprano)
                              The Orchestra of St. Luke's cond. by David Zinman

8          MACBETH
                    Arthur Sullivan: Macbeth Overture

                              BBC Symphony Orchestra cond. by Charles Mackerras

9          MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
                    Hector Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict  -  Dieu! Que viens-je
                    d'entendre?

                              Béatrice  -  Frederica von Stade  (Mezzo-soprano)
                              London Philharmonic Orchestra cond. by John Pritchard

10    ROMEO AND JULIET
                    Piotr Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

                                 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra cond. by Lorin Maazel
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