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Ben Gernon conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a Halloween special for Sunday Night is Music Night.

A spell will be cast over BBC Radio 2 in this Halloween special.

Craig Charles' Scary Fairy is a revamp of Little Red Riding Hood, with added blood and guts for good measure! Craig used to tell it to his children at bedtime, and he has relished making it darker as they have grown up.

Craig teamed up with the BBC Philharmonic and composer Iain Farrington, and the result is 40 minute musical story in the style of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.

In the first half of the programme, Louise Minchin introduces some of the most enchanting pieces in classical music, all recorded in the BBC Philharmonic's studio in Salford and conducted by Ben Gernon.

First broadcast in 2015.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 30 Oct 202220:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    High Adventure (Friday Night Is Music Night Sig Tune)

  • BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Danse Macabre

  • BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Night On A Bare Mountain

  • BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Sleeping Beauty: Waltz (No. 6)

  • BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

  • BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Hedwig's Theme

  • BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Symphonie Fantastique: Dream Of The Witches' Sabbath

  • The Clyde Valley Stompers

    Peter And The Wolf

    • IT'S TRAD JAZZ.
    • EMI.
    • 15.

  • Vienna State Opera Orchestra

    Peter And The Wolf

    • Peter and the Wolf.
    • Vanguard Classics.
    • 1.

  • Danny Kaye

    Tubby the Tuba

    • Selections from Hans Christian Anderson.
    • Pickwick Group Ltd.
    • 9.

  • Blair, Henry And Ray Turner

    Sparky's Magic Piano

    • Sparkey's Magic Piano.
    • EMI Gold.
    • 1.

  • John Kennedy & Judith Gordon

    The City Wears A Slouch Hat

    • John Cage: Lost Works.
    • MODE.
    • 1.

  • Ken Nordine & Fred Katz

    Hunger Is From

    • Word Jazz: The Complete 1950s Recordings.
    • Chrome Dreams.
    • 5.

  • Stanley Unwin

    The Saucy Apprentice

    • 45.
    • Pye.
    • 2.

  • BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Scary Fairy

Credit

PerformerBBC Concert Orchestra

Broadcasts

  • Fri 30 Oct 201520:00
    BBC Radio 2
  • Fri 8 Jan 201620:00
    BBC Radio 2
  • Sun 30 Oct 202220:00
    BBC Radio 2