| Decameron | ...By GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO, translated by Jonathan Dryden Taylor, adapted in three parts by Don Taylor. 1: In 14th-century Florence, ten young aristocrats escape to the country to avoid the Black Death. To pass the time of their exile, they tell each other stories. With Roger Allam as Boccaccio, Rebecca Front as Pampinea, and John Grillo as Bernabo. Director Don Taylor. With Emilia Fox, David Threlfall and Brigit Forsyth ... |
| Sound Stories | ...Peggy Reynolds profiles GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO, author of `The Decameron', whose works influenced Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dryden and Keats. Including Gherardello da Firenze: I' vo' bene. Esther Lamandier. Suppe: Boccaccio (excerpts). Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Philharmonia/Otto Ackermann. Bononcini: Per la gloria d'Adorarvi (Griselda). Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Bologna Municipal Theatre Orchestra/Richard Bonynge. Vivaldi: Agitata da due venti (Griselda). Kate Eckersley (soprano), Fiori Musicali.... |