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Essential Classics for Halloween

Georgia Mann with an hour of spooky classical music to help you get in the Halloween spirit! With eerie music by Bach, Berlioz鈥檚 dramatic Symphonie fantastique and John Williams鈥檚 theme to Harry Potter.

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata and fugue in D minor BWV.565 for organ

    Performer: Simon Preston.
    • DG.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Danse macabre, Op. 40

    Conductor: Adrian Boult. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Sir Adrian Boult: A Musical Legacy, Vol. 3.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 112.

  • John Williams

    Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: John Williams.
    • DG.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Night on Bald Mountain (Original Version)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • RCA.

  • Edvard Grieg

    In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt - suite no.1 Op.46)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.

  • Antonio Bazzini

    La ronde des lutins

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Jonathan Feldman.
    • Devil's Dance: Gil Shaham.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Psycho (Prelude)

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Herrmann.
    • Herrmann: Music for Psycho: National Philharmonic Orchestra, Herrmann.
    • Unicorn-Kanchana.
    • 1.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Witches' Chorus (Macbeth)

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

  • Florence Price

    Elfentanz

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Brighton to Brooklyn.
    • Chandos.

  • Richard Wagner

    The Flying Dutchman (Overture)

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • The Wagner Project.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 201.

  • Kaija Saariaho

    Laterna Magica

    Performer: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.

  • Geoffrey Toye

    The Haunted Ballroom (Waltz)

    Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson.
    • NAXOS.

  • William Bolcom

    The Graceful Ghost (No.1 of his Three Ghost rags)

    Performer: William Bolcom.
    • NONESUCH.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique (March to the Scaffold)

    Ensemble: Les Si猫cles. Director: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.