This week on Saturday Cinema, beware the Ides of March! Guest host Ward Jacobson shares a Shakespeare-themed lineup with music from Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Shakespeare in Love and more. Listen now!
Playlist
Henry V: Non Nobis Domine
Composer: Patrick Doyle
Conductor: Simon Rattle
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
EMI 49919
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Overture
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Conductor: Edward Gardner
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Chandos 5235
Much Ado About Nothing: Main Title
Composer: Joss Whedon
Soloists: Joss Whedon, piano
Bellwether
Hamlet: Prelude
Composer: William Walton
Conductor: Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Chandos 8842
Henry V Suite
Composer: William Walton
Conductor: Andre Previn
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
MCA 6187
Hamlet: The Ghost
Composer: Patrick Doyle
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Sony 62857
Henry V: Theme/The Boar’s Head
Composer: Patrick Doyle
Conductor: Simon Rattle
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
EMI 49919
Henry V: The Day is Yours
Composer: Patrick Doyle
Conductor: Simon Rattle
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
EMI 49919
The Taming of the Shrew: Overture
Composer: Nino Rota
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 2007
Shakespeare in Love: Main Title
Composer: Stephen Warbeck
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80535
Shakespeare in Love: The End
Composer: Stephen Warbeck
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Ensemble
Sony 63387
The Merchant of Venice: With Wand’ring Steps
Composer: Jocelyn Pook
Orchestra/Ensemble: Baroque String Quartet
Soloists: Andreas Scholl, countertenor
London/Decca 4756367
Richard III: Prelude
Composer: William Walton
Conductor: Bernard Herrmann
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
London/Decca 421268
Titus: Victorius Titus
Composer: Elliot Goldenthal
Conductor: Jonathan Sheffer/Steven Mercutio
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Metropolitan Orchestra
Sony 89171
Much Ado About Nothing: Overture
Composer: Patrick Doyle
Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 6018
Julius Caesar: Caesar’s Procession
Composer: Miklos Rozsa
Conductor: Bruce Broughton
Orchestra/Ensemble: Sinfonia of London
Intrada 7165
Romeo and Juliet: Love Theme
Composer: Nino Rota
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80168
West Side Story Medley
Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
Philips 438070
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