Trick or Treat! – School matinees
Recommended for all elementary school levels
Presented in French
Have you ever wondered if the Maison Symphonique might be haunted by monsters and vampires? Could a conductor’s baton double as a magic wand? What if music truly held magical powers? To find out, dress up in your best costume and step into a world of imagination, where you’ll hear strange tales told by mysterious creatures. Let the magic of music sweep you away!
Artists
Dina Gilbert, associate conductor
Jean-Willy Kunz, organist-in-residence
Benjamin Déziel, actor
Guillaume Lessard, actor
Martin Gougeon, stage director and writer
Mathilde Filippi, illustrator
Érika Lefebvre, scenographer and costume designer
Mathieu Roy, lighting designer
Program
Maxime Goulet, Par un soir d’Halloween : I. L’envolée de la sorcière
Camille Saint-Saëns, Danse macabre, op. 40
John Wiliams, Harry Potter : Hedwig’s Theme
Johann Sebastian Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D major, BWV 565 :
I. Toccata (organ solo)
Modeste Moussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition :
I. Gnomus
IX. Baba-Yagà
Modeste Moussorgsky, Night on Bald Mountain (excerpt)
Paul Dukas, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (excerpt)
Edvard Grieg, Peer Gynt, Suite for Orchestra no. 1, op.46 :
IV. In the Hall of the Moutain King
Richard Strauss, Thus spoke Zarathoustra, op.30 : Lever du soleil
Presented without intermission