Shakespeare's verse in this famous comedy “If music be the food of love play on...” sets the tone for this major work by master composer Alfred Reed. Approached as a masque (a form of play-with-music commonly used inShakespeare's time) this suite for wind orchestra takes the form of five separate movements each related to a place or persons from the story. • I. Prelude: Illyria • II. Viola and Orsino • III. The MerryConspirators • IV. Malvolio's Lament in “Prison” • V. A Double Wedding and All's Well! – (duration - c. 15:00)
