We begin an hour of English music this Thursday with a historical recording of Vaughan Williams's Serenade to Music, a piece with lyrics by Shakespeare, written in 1938 to celebrate Sir Henry Wood's 50th anniversary as a conductor. The premiere performance featured solos by sixteen of the leading singers of the day, and right after the jubilee performance, Sir Henry marched everyone down to the studios to record the moment for posterity. We'll hear that performance, then we'll go back a few centuries to some actual music from the time of Shakespeare.
Mozart's Attic Thursday Feb 22nd at 10:00 PM
