Dance on a Moonbeam

Contributing spoken word readings selected from Shakespeare’s works, Meryl Streep heads an eclectic group of top-drawer talents featured on banjo master Bill Crofut's final project, the posthumously released children’s CD, "Dance on a Moonbeam". Completed late in Crofut's life, some months after he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer, "Dance on a Moonbeam" features many of the world class artists who knew Crofut or had worked with him in the past. Shortly before his death, Meryl Streep traveled to Crofut’s home in Sandisfield, Mass. where she contributed readings of Shakespeare, which were then interspersed between songs performed by vocalists Julianne Baird, Benjamin Luxon, Dawn Upshaw and Frederica von Stade. Also featured are the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Angelicus.