As Halloween approaches, people are busily making their costumes and their plans for this holiday. Yale University has their unique tradition of a Halloween show created by the students beginning at 11:00 p.m. at Woolsey Hall; this performance usually involves the musicians of the highly acclaimed Yale Symphony Orchestra playing classical and popular favorites.
For those who would like some scary music to set the mood for their spooky festivities or to welcome young or old trick-or-treaters, the library offers these suggestions:
Bach, Johann Sebastian. Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Berlioz, Hector. "Witches Sabbath" from Symphonie Fantastique
Grieg, Edvard. "Hall of the Mountain King" from Peer Gynt Suite
Mussorgsky, Modest. Night on Bald Mountain
Respighi, Ottorinio. "Pines near a Catacomb" from Pines of Rome
Saint-Saens, Camille. Dance Macabre
Strauss, Richard. Last movement of Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche
Strauss, Richard. Death and Transfiguration
Stravinsky, Igor. Rite of Spring
Tartini, Giuseppe. Devil's Trill
Wagner, Richard. Overture to the Flying Dutchman