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Composer Erland Cooper and storyteller Tom Muir take a late-night voyage to Hildaland - one of Orkney's vanishing islands and the summer home of the Finfolk.

Join Orcadian composer Erland Cooper on a late-night voyage around the Atlantic in search of Phantom Islands...

Tonight Orcadian historian and storyteller Tom Muir is our guide to the myth and magic of Hildaland, one of Orkney's vanishing islands and the summer home of the Finfolk.

Score by Erland Cooper
Recorded at Studio Orphir
Violin, Freya Goldmark
Cello, Klara Shumann
Soprano, Lottie Greenhow and Josephine Stephenson

The Lost Sister - a poem by John Burnside - read by Keeley Forsyth

Producer: Victoria Ferran
Exec producer: Susan Marling
A Just Radio production for 91热爆 Radio 3

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14 minutes

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Mon 1 Apr 2024 21:45

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  • Mon 1 Apr 2024 21:45

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