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This Haunted Land

From Emily Bronte's wild moors, MR James' & Britten's ghosts to film music for The Shining & The Wicker Man. Tim McInnerny & Ayesha Antoine are the readers in a Halloween episode.

From Emily Bronte's wild moors, the ghosts in stories by MR James & Benjamin Britten's opera Turn of the Screw, Schubert's lamenting song cycle Winterreise to film music for The Shining & The Wicker Man: Tim McInnerny & Ayesha Antoine are the readers in a Halloween episode.

A soundtrack is provided by a range of classical composers including Ligeti, Mozart, Beethoven, Purcell, and a harking back to the 1970s TV series Children of the Stones which was once called "the scariest programme ever made for children" and film soundtracks including Mica Levi's compositions for Under the Skin; Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind for The Shining and Paul Giovanni for The Wicker Man.

The readings include the thoughts of philosopher Mark Fisher from his book Ghosts of My Life; a ghost story from the 大象传媒 Domesday project, an evocation of mosquitos in the poem Horns by Ghanaian poet Kwame Dawes, The Terrors of the Night in the Elizabethan pamphlet written by Thomas Nashe and in Mary Karr's poem Field of Skulls which imagines fears which come "drinking gin after the I Love Lucy reruns have gone off".

Producer Luke Mulhall

READINGS:
Archive of Ghost Story from the 大象传媒 Domesday project read by Mabel Barber
James Hogg: The Mysterious Bride
Mark Fisher: Ghosts of My Life
Algernon Blackwood: The Haunted House
Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights
MR James: Oh, whistle and I鈥檒l come to you
John Masefield: On the Downs
Edward Thomas: Aspens
Claire Gradidge: I will haunt you in small change
Thomas Hardy: At Castle Boterel
Cynthia Huntington: Ghost
Thomas Nashe: The Terrors of the Night
Kwame Dawes: Horns
John Clare: Written in Northampton County Asylum
John Donne: Nocturnal Upon St Lucy鈥檚 Day
Mary Karr: Field of Skulls

1 hour, 14 minutes

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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:00

    Goblin

    Suspiria (Alternate take)

    Performer: Goblin.
    • BELLA CASA CASA12BOX.
    • Tr 12.

  • Ghost story

    大象传媒 Domesday Project, read by Mabel Holloway

  • 00:01

    Henry Purcell

    Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary: Drum Processional

    Performer: Academy of Ancient Music/King聮s College Choir.
    • EMI3444382.
    • Tr 24.
  • 00:01

    Goblin

    Suspiria

  • James Hogg

    The Mysterious Bride 聳 read by Tim McInnerney

  • 00:02

    Henry Purcell

    Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary: March

    Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge.
    • EMI3444382.
    • Tr 25.
  • 00:03

    Henry Purcell

    March (Funeral Music for Queen Mary)

    Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music.

  • Mark Fisher

    Ghosts of My Life, read by Ayesha Antoine

  • 00:04

    Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind

    The Shining

    Performer: Mark Ayres.
    • UNIVERSAL/MCA MUSIC LIMITED.
    • Tr.
  • 00:02

    Henry Purcell

    Drum Processional (Funeral Music for Queen Mary)

    Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music.

  • Algernon Blackwood

    The Haunted House, read by Tim McInnerney

  • 00:05

    Wendy Carlos

    The Shining

    Composer: Rachel Elkind. Performer: Mark Ayres.
  • 00:09

    B茅la Bart贸k

    Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, iii. Adagio

    Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis. Orchestra: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • HUNGARATON HSACD32510.
    • Tr3.
  • 00:10

    B茅la Bart贸k

    Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (3rd mvt: Adagio)

    Orchestra: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zolt谩n Kocsis.

  • Emily Bronte

    Wuthering Heights, read by Ayesha Antoine

  • 00:15

    Mica Levi

    Under The Skin, Lonely Void

    Performer: Peter Raeburn.
    • ROUGH TRADE 3995432.
    • Tr 6.
  • 00:16

    Mica Levi

    Under the Skin, Lonely Void

    Performer: Peter Raeburn.

  • M.R. James

    Oh, whistle and I聮ll come to you, read by Tim McInnerney

  • 00:22

    Franz Schubert

    Winterreisse, Der leiermann

    • Tr.

  • John Masefield

    On The Downs, read by Ayesha Antoine

  • 00:23

    Franz Schubert

    Der Leiermann (Winterreise)

    Performer: Nfi.
  • 00:27

    Sidney Sager

    Children of the Stones Theme

    Choir: Ambrosian Singers.
    • Tr.
  • 00:28

    Sidney Sager

    Children of the Stones - Theme

    Choir: Ambrosian Singers.

  • Edward Thomas

    Aspens, read by Tim McInnerney

  • 00:30

    Paul Giovanni

    The Wicker Man: Willow聮s Song

    Performer: Lesley Mackie.
    • SILVA SCREEN FILMCD330.
    • Tr7.
  • 00:31

    Paul Giovanni

    Willow's Song (The Wicker Man)

    Performer: Lesley Mackie.

  • Claire Gradidge

    I will haunt you in small change, read by Ayesha Antoine

  • 00:35

    Henry Purcell

    Dido & Aeneas, When I am laid in earth

    Singer: Rachael Lloyd. Ensemble: Armonico Consort. Conductor: Christopher Monks.
    • SIGNUM SIGCD417.
    • Tr 40.
  • 00:36

    Henry Purcell

    When I am Laid in Earth (Dido and Aeneas)

    Singer: Rachael Lloyd. Ensemble: Armonico Consort. Conductor: Christopher Monks.

  • Thomas Hardy

    At Castle Boterel, read by Tim McInnerney

  • 00:41

    Dmitry Shostakovich

    String Quartet No.15 in E flat minor, Op.144, i. Elegy

    Performer: Borodin Quartet.
    • EMI CDC7492702.
    • Tr 4.
  • 00:42

    Dmitry Shostakovich

    String Quartet no.15 in E flat minor, Op.144 (1st mvt: Elegy)

    Ensemble: Borodin Quartet.

  • Cynthia Huntington

    Ghost, read by Ayesha Antoine

  • 00:45

    Benjamin Britten

    The Turn of the Screw, Variation X

    Singer: Felicity Lott. Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble. Conductor: Steuart Bedford.
    • COLLINS CLASSICS 70302.
    • CD2 Tr 3.
  • 00:46

    Benjamin Britten

    The Turn of the Screw, Variation X

    Singer: Felicity Lott. Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble. Conductor: Steuart Bedford.

  • Thomas Nashe

    The Terrors of the Night, read by Tim McInnerney

  • 00:52

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni (Final Scene)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.

  • Kwame Dawes

    Horns, read by Ayesha Antoine

  • 00:56

    Gyorgy Ligeti

    Etude No. 13, L聮escalier du diable

    Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard.
    • Tr.
  • 00:57

    Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Etude no.13: L'Escalier du Diable

    Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard.

  • John Clare

    Written in Northampton County Asylum, read by Ayesha Antoine

  • John Donne

    Nocturnal Upon St Lucy聮s Day, read by Tim McInnerney

  • 01:05

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    {iano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, 聭Moonlight聮, i. Adagio sostenuto

    Performer: Radu Lupu.
    • DECCA 4210312.
    • Tr 1.
  • 01:06

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C sharp minor (Moonlight) (1st mvt: Adagio sostenuto)

    Performer: Radu Lupu.

  • Mary Karr

    Field of Skulls, read by Ayesha Antoine

  • 01:11

    Winston Rodney & Philip Fullwood

    Marcus Garvey

    Performer: Burning Spear.
    • Universal 聳 Island Records Ltd.
    • Tr 1.
  • 01:12

    Burning Spear

    Marcus Garvey

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