Something Rich and Strange: Choral Settings of Shakespeare

To mark the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, Londinium Chamber Choir presents an entrancing programme of choral music inspired by his work. Alongside such masterpieces as Frank Martin's Songs of Ariel and Ralph Vaughan Williams' Three Shakespeare Songs, we include some of the earliest surviving Shakespeare settings by Thomas Morley and Robert Johnson, and a superb selection of recent works by Judith Weir, Michael Berkeley, Huw Watkins and Jaakko Mäntyjärvi.

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs
Thomas Morley: It was a lover and his lass
Michael Berkeley: Farewell
Robert Pearsall: Take, O take those lips away
Huw Watkins: The Phoenix and the Turtle
Frank Martin: Songs of Ariel
Humphrey Clucas: Shakespeare Songs
Robert Johnson: Full Fathom Five
Charles Wood: Full Fathom Five
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi: Four Shakespeare Songs
Judith Weir: The Song Sung True