DESCRIPTION:
The following video depicts a scene from William Shakespeare's play, "The Tempest." It is shown twice, first with no musical accompaniment and then again with excerpts from a composition of music which the play inspired. The excerpts of music exemplify a theme the composer wrote to personify the characters and/or action you are watching in this scene and like scenes throughout the play.

To listen to other excerpts of music inspired by Shakespeare's "The Tempest," please visit the BSO Classical Companion on BSO.org.

Live production footage was shot at Shakespeare & Company, located in Lenox, Massachusetts. For more information about Shakespeare & Company, please visit shakespeare.org.