Ghost Stories for Christmas with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

This special concert from the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Karen Ní Bhroin, combines some spooky ghost stories for Christmas with a suite of wonderful music bringing the whole show together into an atmospheric listening treat.

The orchestra is joined on stage by Alex Jennings CBE (The Crown, Wolf Hall, The Lady In The Van) and Sarah Niles (Ted Lasso, F1, The Fantastic Four) to read from some spine-chilling stories from classic and contemporary authors. It's not all scary stuff though, with a wry take on ghostly behaviour from the likes of Oscar Wilde and Charles Dickens and contemporary stories from the UK and USA.

The music selection is just as varied with Vivaldi, Adolphus Hailstork and a big finish with a special arrangement of Ray Parker Jr's Ghostbusters, sung by Jonathan Andrew Hume, straight from the West End cast of Hamilton.

Let the music and your imagination take you away from it all in this very special hour of spectral entertainment.

Readings:
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Our Bones Were The Mortar by Anjali Patel
The Hitcher by Tony Walker
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde

Music:
Alan Silvestri (Orch. Lior Rosner) - Marley's Ghost
Adolphus Hailstork - Kum ba ya (Spiritual No2) from Three Spirituals for Orchestra
Antonio Vivaldi - Winter from 'The Four Seasons'
Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters

Readers:
Alex Jennings
Sarah Niles

Singer:
Jonathan Andrew Hume

Violin:
Igor Yuzefovich

BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Karen Ní Bhroin
Concert produced by Steve Doherty and Paul Hughes
For the Orchestra: Emma Gait, Bill Chandler and Ann McKay
Technical Presentation: Rob Winter
A Giddy Goat and BBC Symphony Orchestra production for BBC Radio 4