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
Martin Gougeon, stage director and writer
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