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Music for Halloween

In Tune's specially curated playlist for Halloween: an eclectic mix of spooky music, including Saint-Saens' Danse macabre, Bernard Herrmann's iconic score for the Hitchcock classic Psycho, and a truly sinister take on the carol Silent Night.

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Wed 31 Oct 201819:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Psycho (A Narrative for Orchestra)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Herrmann.
    • DECCA.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Danse macabre

    Orchestra: Paris Conservatoire Orchestra. Conductor: Jean Martinon.
    • Martinon: Ibert, Saint-Saens, Bizet, Borodin.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Benjamin Britten

    The Turn of the screw: Act 1 sc.4; The Tower; How beautiful it is

    Singer: Kate Royal. Orchestra: English National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • WARNER.

  • Alfred Schnittke

    Stille Nacht

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Christoph Eschenbach.
    • TELDEC.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Orfeo ed Euridice (Dance of the Furies)

    Orchestra: Pygmalion. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Witches' Chorus (Macbeth)

    Choir: Chorus of Welsh National Opera. Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Armstrong.
    • Verdi Choruses.
    • EMI.
    • 006.

  • William Hurlstone

    The Witch's Death Dance (The Magic Mirror)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite.
    • Lyrita.

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  • Wed 31 Oct 201819:00
    BBC Radio 3

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