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The Sound of Gothic

Matthew Sweet explores Gothic film music in a programme recorded with the BBC Philharmonic at the International Gothic Association's annual conference in Manchester.

Matthew Sweet in conversation with Matthew Foley, explores Gothic film music in a programme recorded with the BBC Philharmonic and conductor Jonathan Lo at the International Gothic Association's annual conference at the Stoller Hall, in Manchester. The programme features music from the 1922 silent classic 'Nosferatu - A Symphony of Horrors', James Bernard's 'Taste the Blood of Dracula', Marc Shaiman's 'Addams Family Values', and brings things up to date with last year's Oscar winner, Alexandre Desplat's score for 'The Shape of Water'.

1 hour

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Sat 18 Aug 201815:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Fantasia (1940) Night on a Bare Mountain

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Lo.

  • Wojciech Kilar

    Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) - The Brides

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Lo.

  • Hans Erdmann

    Nosferatu - Eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) - Opening and Closing music

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Lo.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Stonehust Asylum (2014) - Danse Macabre (opening)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Lo.

  • James Bernard

    Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) - Suite

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Lo.

  • Marc Shaiman

    Adams Family Values (1993) - Tango

    Performer: Yuri Torchinsky. Performer: Ian Buckle. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Lo.

  • Béla Bartók

    The Shining (1980) - Music for Strings Percussion and Celeste (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Lo.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Psycho (1960) - Prelude, Murder and Finale

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Lo.

  • Alexandre Desplat

    The Shape of Water (2017) - Suite

    Performer: Yuri Torchinsky. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Lo.

Credit

PerformerBBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Sat 18 Aug 201815:00
    BBC Radio 3

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