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Sound of Cinema: Live from the BFI

Sean Rafferty presents a live edition from the BFI in London, for Radio 3's Sound of Cinema season. With Norma Herrmann, silent film pianist Neil Brand and the Tippett Quartet.

Sean Rafferty presents a special show live from BFI, Southbank in London, to launch Radio 3's Sound of Cinema season, and to tie in with the BFI's focus on the Gothic. His guests include Norma Herrmann, widow of the great film score composer Bernard Herrmann whose celebrated partnership with Alfred Hitchcock gave rise to some of the most disconcerting scores in cinema history; silent film pianist and composer Neil Brand; and the Tippett Quartet playing live and showcasing some of the best music to come out of the movies.

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Fri 13 Sep 201316:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata and fugue in D minor BWV.565 for organ

    Performer: Carlo Curley.
    • DECCA.
    • 430-746 2.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Psycho - suite from the film music

    Performer: Tippett Quartet.

  • Franz Waxman

    The Bride of Frankenstein - music for the film

    Performer: Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn.
    • Silva Screen.
    • FILM CD 135.

  • Interview: Neil Brand

  • Franz Waxman

    Rebecca - music for the film [1940]

    Performer: Czecho-Slovak R S O. Conductor: M Adriano.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.223399.

  • Reading: Andy Nyman

    Andy Nyman reads an extract from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

  • Carl Orff

    Carmina burana - cantiones profanae for soloists, chorus and orchestra

    Performer: San Francisco S O. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • DECCA.
    • 430-509 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and fugue from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, bk.2 no. 1 in C major BWV.870

    Performer: Richard Egarr.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • HMC 907433.34.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    North by northwest - music for the film

    Performer: MGM Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Herrmann.
    • Turner Classics.
    • 836025-2.

  • Interview: Norma Herrmann

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Psycho - suite from the film music

    Performer: Tippett Quartet.

  • Reading: Andy Nyman

    Andy Nyman reads an extract from The Fall of the House of Usher, by Edgar Allen Poe

  • Georges Auric

    The Innocents - music for the film

    Performer: Anthea Kempson. Performer: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.
    • CHAN-9774.

  • Interview: Neil Brand

  • Miklós Rózsa

    Quartet no. 2 for strings

    Performer: Tippett Quartet.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Quartet no. 3 in D major Op.34 for strings

    Performer: Tippett Quartet.

  • Foley Artists - demonstration

    Foley Artist Louise Brown and Supervising Sound Designer Alex Joseph create sound effects

  • Elizabeth Luytens

    The Skull: Main title

    Performer: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Jac van Steen.
    • NMC.
    • D073.

  • Interview: Neil Brand

  • Reading: Andy Nyman

    Andy Nyman reads an extract from Bram Stoker's Dracula

  • Krzysztof Komeda

    Rosemary's Baby: Lullaby

    Performer: Tara Clark. Performer: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: James Fitzpatrick.
    • SILVA SCREEN.
    • SILCD 1288.

  • Paul Dukas

    The Sorcerer's apprentice - symphonic scherzo for orchestra

    Performer: French National Orchestra. Conductor: Georges Prêtre.
    • EMI.
    • CDC 7-49637 2.

Broadcast

  • Fri 13 Sep 201316:30
    BBC Radio 3

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