Rufus Wainwright performs UK premiere of his settings of "Five Shakespeare Sonnets with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at The Barbican London England 2012-03-03 broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 "Music Nation" HD stream master

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A BBC-led weekend of over 100 live music events across the UK - from Cornwall to the Shetland Isles and Belfast to Birmingham - launching the nationwide countdown to the London 2012 Festival.

Radio 3 celebrates live music-making all weekend, handing on the baton from concert to concert, featuring a wide range of professional and amateur events and talking to the people who've made it all happen. Presented by Andrew McGregor and Suzy Klein.

Petroc Trelawny introduces singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright performing his exquisite Five Shakespeare Sonnets with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a Shakespeare-inspired programme live from the Barbican Centre in London, including 'Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing' (Sonnet 87). The evening features readings of the sonnets by one of the UK's finest actors, Siân Phillips.

There's also music from Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet, the Much Ado About Nothing Suite by the great Hollywood composer Erich Korngold, and John Adams's rollicking Lollapalooza.




CD 1

01 Introduction

02 John Adams: Lollapalooza

03 Talk

04 Korngold: Much Ado About Nothing (Suite)

05 Talk

06 Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (highlights)

07 End of 1st half

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Rory MacDonald (conductor).

CD 2

08 Interview with Rufus Wainwright and introduction

09 Rufus Wainwright: Five Shakespeare Sonnets

10 Outro