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From the Archives - Spooky visions

Nicolas Picard
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Who doesn’t like a good scare once in a while, especially on Halloween? We’ll hear diverse selections from the small screen to the big screen plus some other-worldly sounds from composers such as Béla Bartók, György Ligeti, John Williams and more.

Compositions and Recordings

Toccata in D minor
by Johann Sebastian Bach
Virgil Fox, organ

House of Frankenstein
by Hans Salter
Andrew Penny and the RTE Concert Orchestra

Atmospheres
by György Ligeti
Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic

Funeral March of a Marionette
by Charles Gounod
Rene Liebowitz and the Paris Conservatory Orchestra

Musiques Nocturnes
by Béla Bartók
Bianca Sitzuis, piano

Blood of the Vampire
by Stanley Black
Barry Wordsworth and the BBC Concert Orchestra

Night Journeys
by John Williams
John Mauceri and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

Frank Byrne is the host of From the Archives.
Sam Wisman is a senior producer for 91.9 Classical KC and a backup announcer for KCUR 89.3