Songs and music from the Shakespeare's Globe 2008 production (revived 2010)
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"Nigel Hess's delightful score......"
Visit London
"Excellent music by Nigel Hess played on Tudor instruments"
Londonist
"The small band playing venerable instruments gives an enthusiastic account of Nigel Hess’s whimsical music."
Evening Standard
"Nigel Hess’s merry, delicate musical score....I was touched by the young lovers, Anne and Fenton, singing a roundelay in the pretty garden."
The Times"
"As with many of the Globe's productions, music plays an important part in this show. Shawms, lutes, curtals, citterns and other strange-sounding musical instruments are employed to provide the accompaniment which assumes something of the role of a film soundtrack. There's also a delightful and charming duet between Anne Page and one of her suitors, Fenton."
London Theatre
"What also works is an extensive use of music. Not only is there a delightful duet for the two young lovers and a merry drinking song as well as the fairy roundelays of the final scene, but music leads entrances and supports dialogues and speeches; composer Nigel Hess makes a major contribution to the production's style and atmosphere."
