Music for Halloween Suggestions

[hornteacher]

Suggest some classical music perfect for Halloween please:

Two that come to mind instantly are

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - Bach
Symphony Fantastique (last mvt) - Berlioz

What else?

[BachQ]

Saint-Saens Danse Macabre

[Gurn Blanston]

This whole album:





Devil's Dance, for violin & piano (from Witches of Eastwick)
Composed by John Williams

A Transylvanian Rhapsody from Young Frankenstein, for violin & piano (arr. by Feldman) A Transylvanian Lullaby
Composed by John [composer] Morris

Småtrold (Puck), lyric piece for piano, Op. 71/3
Composed by Edvard Grieg

Danse macabre, symphonic poem in G minor, Op. 40
Composed by Camille Saint-Saens

Märchenbilder, for piano, No. 4, The Gnomes, Op. 3/4
Composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Walpurgisnacht ("Lieb Mutter, heut Nacht..."), duet for 2 sopranos & piano, Op. 75/4
Composed by Johannes Brahms

Andres Maienlied ("Die Schwalbe fliegt"), song for voice & piano ("Hexenlied"), Op. 8/8
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn

La Ronde des Lutins, scherzo fantastique for violin & piano, Op 25
Composed by Antonio Bazzini

The Graceful Ghost, a concert variation for violin & piano
Composed by William Bolcom

Concert Fantasy on themes from Gounod's "Faust," for violin & orchestra (or piano)
Composed by Pablo de Sarasate

Caprice for solo violin in B flat major ("The Devil's Chuckle"), Op. 1/13
Composed by Niccolo Paganini

Sonata for violin & continuo in G minor, B. g5 ("The Devil's Trill")
Composed by Giuseppe Tartini

Sonata for violin solo No. 2 in A minor ("Obsession"), Op. 27/2 Obsession
Composed by Eugene-Auguste Ysaye

Even if it ain't Hillary, Shaham is one of my major favorite fiddlers. 



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Now playing: Bia 588 Op 89 Polonaise in C for Piano - Mikhail Pletnev - Bia 588 Op 89 Polonaise in C for Piano

[BachQ]

Thanks, Gurn, for making my one-line post seem wholly inadequate ........ 

[hornteacher]

Even if it ain't Hillary, Shaham is one of my major favorite fiddlers. 

Looks like a great CD.  BTW I just bought Janine Jansen's new Bach CD, and am enjoying it very much.  Don't tell HH that I'm seeing other violinists.   

[Gurn Blanston]

Thanks, Gurn, for making my one-line post seem wholly inadequate ........ 

My pleasure, no problem.

I have that disk and have enjoyed it many times. It was your Danse Macabre suggestion that put me in mind of it, so you can say it was merely a development of your theme...



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Now playing: CPE Bach Wq105 - Miklós Spányi (Clavichord) - Sonatina in E flat/2: Allegro di molto

[BachQ]

Don't tell HH that I'm seeing other violinists.   

We've already emailed her the link to this thread ........

[Gurn Blanston]

Looks like a great CD.  BTW I just bought Janine Jansen's new Bach CD, and am enjoying it very much.  Don't tell HH that I'm seeing other violinists.   

Naughty boy. Don't post that in that Diner thread...

You can get that disk "used" at Amazon for $5...



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Now playing: CPE Bach Wq105 - Miklós Spányi (Clavichord) - Sonatina in E flat/2: Allegro di molto

[locrian]

I've had this for decades.

http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1129596/a/Chiller.htm

[Renfield]

When I read the title to this thread, "A Night on Bald Mountain" (or "St. John's Night on the Bare Mountain" - the original, not the "Rimskorgsky") immediately came to mind; closely followed by "Symphonie fantastique".

So there you have them, my suggestions.


Edit: Just noticed you mentioned the latter yourself.

[PaulR]

i concur with the original Night on Bald Mountain suggestion!  and also Symphonie Fantastique as well. 

[Brian]

Shostakovich's Hamlet has its moments. Also if I might suggest the new Naxos movie-soundtrack CD "Monster Music"? It seems appropriate 

[Cato]

Liadov's Baba Yaga     !!!

Schoenberg's Pelleas und Melisande: the sections where the brothers go into the grotto, and then the fratricide scene itself.              

[mahlertitan]

shostakovich

[Heather Harrison]

Penderecki's Cello Concerto has moments that seem appropriate to Halloween.  Other than that, I can't think of anything to add to the list that is already here.

Heather

[BachQ]

Stravinsky, Infernal Dance (fr The Firebird)

[hildegard]

Just finished listening to Danse Macabre (Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Normandy) and am now listening to Night on Bald Mountain (New York Philharmonic, Bernstein).

[Harry]

Just finished listening to Danse Macabre (Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Normandy) and am now listening to Night on Bald Mountain (New York Philharmonic, Bernstein).

Wow, Hildegard is back, well goodday to you Milady, hope you are well and in good health.
What marvelous music you listen too, and does it please you, Milady?

[hildegard]

Just finished listening to Danse Macabre (Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Normandy) and am now listening to Night on Bald Mountain (New York Philharmonic, Bernstein).

Wow, Hildegard is back, well goodday to you Milady, hope you are well and in good health.
What marvelous music you listen too, and does it please you, Milady?

Hey Harry! Just dropping in for Halloween! Greetings from the USA!

Yes, I do love these pieces. By chance, I was thinking of Halloween music when this thread opened up.



Surprisingly, I fing great similarities between these two composers.

[Harry]

Hey Harry! Just dropping in for Halloween! Greetings from the USA!

Yes, I do love these pieces. By chance, I was thinking of Halloween music when this thread opened up.



Surprisingly, I find great similarities between these two composers.

Yes well, if I find my reading spectacles, I might take a guess at it.
Greetings from cold Holland.....