2015-04-26: Shakespeare was baptised on this day back in 1564, so much of the music in this show has a Shakespearean link. There are insights from a BBC documentary about the playwright, as well as clips from recordings and classic film versions of the works. Plus, there's a special spoken-word piece by Nick Cave, and some audio art pieces from an exhibition at Sheffield's Site Gallery. Birthdays include Giorgio Moroder, Ma Rainey and Duane Eddy.
RSO Wien - Dance of the Knights (from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet)
Peter Blegvad - The Naked Shakespeare
Nick Cave - The Sick Bag Song
Roxy Music - No Strange Delight
Daft Punk - Giorgio by Moroder
Rothko - St Giorgio
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Tierkreis: Taurus (Stier)
Sandy Bull - Carmina Burana
James Whitmore and Keenan Wynn - Brush Up Your Shakespeare
Third Ear Band - Fleance
Clip of the balcony scene from Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet
Dr West's Medicine Show and Junk Band - Gondoliers, Shakespeares, Overseers, Playboys and Bums
Judi Dench recites Sonnet 116 ("Let me not to the marriage of true minds…")
Paul Englishby and RSC - Lacrimosa (from Richard II)
Sebastian Bell, Henry Krein, Laurie Morgan, Ron Prentice, Cedric West and Co. - Oliver Speaks / What Shall He Have That Kill'd the Deer? (original music from NT production of As You Like It)
Sebastian Bell, Henry Krein, Laurie Morgan, Ron Prentice, Cedric West - Sylvius and Phoebe (as above)
Clip of the gravedigger scene from Laurence Olivier's Hamlet
Ma Rainey - Bo-Weavil Blues
The Beatles - Do You Want to Know a Secret
British Sea Power - Man of Aran
Pierre Henry and Spooky Tooth - Offering
Blanck Mass - Chernobyl
Duane Eddy - Peter Gunn
Serafina Steer - Sat Nav
Francis Lai - La Modification
Laure Prouvost - 'This Voice Is a Large Lip' (from the Listening exhibition)
Lina Lapelyte - 'Yes Really!' (from the Listening exhibition)
High Hazels - Loose Stitches
The Douglas Wood Group - Snooker (Drag Racer)
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
