Music Feature

Tales from the Stave: Iolanthe

Tuesday 15 April 2008 13:30-14:00 (Radio 4 FM)

Repeated: Saturday 19 April 2008 15:30-16:00 (Radio 4 FM)

Frances Fyfield tracks down the stories behind the scores of well-known pieces of music.

Frances is joined by Kit Hesketh-Harvey, opera singer Richard Suart and Gilbert and Sullivan biographer Michael Ainger to look at the manuscript of the celebrated operetta. The score and prompt book offer a vivid insight into a composer at the height of his theatrical powers and a satirist with a clear vision of the way the work should be delivered.

Followed by News.

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