Mount Killaraus
A late night voyage following Merlin and some Arthurian knights to Ireland, as they steal Stonehenge from the mythical Mount Killaraus.
In his second series for The Essay, composer Erland Cooper turns his attention once again to the mythical world. This time he embarks on five imaginary journeys to mythic mountains from around the world, scored by Erland's own music. Accompanying him are writers and storytellers who know all about these legendary locations.
Tonight we discover the origins of Stonehenge, as explained by 12th century writer Geoffrey of Monmouth in his Historia regum Britanniae (The History of the Kings of Britain), with storyteller Jon Norman Mason.
Reader - Molly Gromadzki
Violin - Freya Goldmark
Cello - Klara Schumann, Sergio Serra Lopez
Producer: Victoria Ferran
Exec producer: Susan Marling
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