EMS Extra: Saturday 23 April

doversoul1

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EMS Extra: Saturday 23 April

23-04-16, 07:21

Sounds of Shakespeare
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Lucie Skeaping introduces soprano Ruby Hughes and lute player Jon Nordberg in a 16th century recital specially created for today, Lute songs and Pavans in Shakespeare?s England. Includes works by John Dowland and Robert Johnson. Live from the Royal Shakespeare's Company's The Other Place theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon as part of Radio 3's Sounds of Shakespeare weekend.

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Sounds of Shakespeare

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07860y1

Soprano Ruby Hughes and lutenist Jon Nordberg perform music from the time of Shakespeare.
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doversoul1

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23-04-16, 19:04

Dowland lute songs. Ruby Hughes has a lovely voice and her diction is excellent but her singing was slightly over dramatic to my taste. All the same, a very nice programme.
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