William Shakespeare

One of the great things about the Bard is how adaptable his plays are. There are endless ways to interpret them — on stage and on screen, sure, but also in music!

“Reading is an act of civilization … it takes the free raw material of the mind and builds castles of possibilities.” – Ben Okri, Nigerian poet and author.

August 21, 2016Andris Nelsons, conductorRobert Sheena, English hornDejan Lazic, pianoBERLIOZ Overture to Béatrice et BénédictTSONTAKIS Sonnets, Concerto…

There's really nothing quite so enticing as a beautiful text by Shakespeare, set to music.Shakespeare brings out the best in composers. There’s something…

Gerald Finzi's "Let Us Garlands Bring" is just one of the many pieces of classical music inspired by Shakespeare's poems.

Though not too many records exist of the music that was used during performances of Shakespeare's plays, we have a pretty good idea of what it would have…

From a new "First Folio", to the only extant script in his handwriting, William Shakespeare is still front page news 400 years after his death.As we…

This April marks 400 years since Shakespeare walked the earth, and all month long, WCRB celebrates his legacy with operas inspired by the Bard!This week,…