Valued friend of the Society John Florance makes a welcome return to explore the vast wealth of music inspired by the Bard.

Music saturates Shakespeare's plays: 15% of all references to music in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations are to Shakespeare.

What did it sound like in the original performances? How did subsequent ages and composers find inspiration in those plays for their symphonic poems, songs, operas, musicals and rock albums? Join John Florance to find out.