Episode 558, Shakespeare Here

​This week on Wind & Rhythm, we have music inspired by the works of Shakespeare like Much Ado About Nothing, Julius Cesar, and Othello, right here, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee the gathering place for people who love band music.

Flourish for Shakespeare
  Guy Woolfenden
  Birmingham Symphonic Winds, Keith Allen

Shakespeare Pictures
- I. Much Ado About Nothing
- II.  Winter's Tale: The Statue
- III. Julius Ceasar: The Entry to the Senate
Nigel Hess
The Central Band of the Royal Air Force,
​Corporal Neslihan Jordan

Romeo and Juliet
- Suite No. 2 -- I. Montagues and Capulets
- Suite No. 2 -- III. Friar Laurence
- Suite No. 1 -- V. Masks
- Suite No. 1 -- VII. Death of Tybalt
- Suite No. 2 -- VII. Romeo at the Grave of Juliet
- Suite No. 3 -- VI. Death of Juliet
Sergei Prokofiev
Eikanger-Bjørsvik Band, Bjarte Engeset 

Othello: A Symphonic Portrait for Concert Band 
- I. Prelude (Venice)    
- II. Aubade (Cyprus)    
- III. Othello and Desdemona    
- IV. Entrance of the Court    
- V. The Death of Desdemona (Epilogue)
Alfred Reed
Osaka Municipal Symphonic Band, Kazumasa Watanabe