| Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901) | Otello (Excerpts) | Livret de Arrigo Boito |
| Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869) | Roméo et Juliette, symphonie avec choeurs (Part 1) | |
| Prokofiev, Sergueï (1891-1953) | Roméo et Juliette : extraits | |
| Tchaïkovski, Piotr Ilitch (1840-1893) | Hamlet, ouverture fantaisie en fa mineur, Op.67 | |
| Tchaïkovski, Piotr Ilitch (1840-1893) | Hamlet, Musique de scène, Op.67a (Excerpts) | |
| Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958) | Serenade to Music | |
| Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976) | Songe d'une Nuit d'été (Act 1, Scene 1) | Livret de Peter Pears after Shakespeare |
| Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) | Le Songe d'une nuit d'été, Op.61 (Excerpts) | |
| Adès, Thomas (n. 1971) | The Tempest (Excperts) | Livret de Meredith Oakes |
| Walton, William (1902-1983) | Henry V: Suite (Excerpts) | |
| Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901) | Falstaff (Act 3, Scene 2) | Livret de Arrigo Boito |
| London Philharmonic Orchestra | |
| Vladimir Jurowski | Direction |
| Simon Callow | Mise en scène |
| Kate Royal | Soprano |
| Allison Bell | Soprano |
| Gabriela Iştoc | Soprano |
| Catherine Wyn-Rogers | Mezzo-soprano |
| Rachael Lloyd | Mezzo-soprano |
| Iestyn Davies | Contre-ténor |
| Toby Spence | Ténor |
| Ronald Samm | Ténor |
| Alasdair Elliott | Ténor |
| Andrew Shore | Baryton |
| Sir Simon Keenlyside | Baryton |
| Lukas Jakobski | Basse |
| The Glyndebourne Chorus | |
| Trinity Boys Choir | |
| Dominic West | Comédien |
| Anna Chancellor | Comédien |
| Suzanne Fischer | Soprano |
| Rhiannon Llewellyn | Soprano |
| Angharad Lyddon | Mezzo-soprano |
| Grace Durham | Mezzo-soprano |
| Niel Joubert | Ténor |
| Oliver Johnston | Ténor |
| Ed Ballard | Baryton |
| Benjamin Cahn | Baryton-basse |
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Vladimir Jurowski conducts music inspired by Shakespeare, with readings directed by Simon Callow.
The gala concert marks the 400th year since the death of the greatest playwright that ever lived.
'I have had him in my hands from my earliest youth', said Giuseppe Verdi of William Shakespeare, 'I have read and reread him continually.' Verdi wasn't alone. Shakespeare's body of plays has exercised more influence over composers and musicians than anything else in literature bar the Bible.
This concert opens with music from Verdi's setting of Othello – probably the most bold and significant music he would write – and closes with music from his final, ebullient masterpiece, Falstaff. In between come orchestral and operatic settings from Britten, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Prokofiev and Adès, each filled with character and overflowing with drama.
