Hauntingly Halloween

On Halloween night, the BPO transforms Kleinhans into a world of shadow, suspense, and orchestral storytelling. Led by Ron Spigelman, this hauntingly atmospheric program brings together music made for goosebumps, from Danny Elfman’s Wednesday and Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Picture Show to Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain and Saint-Saëns’ Danse macabre. Each work builds tension, drama, and dark beauty, creating a concert experience perfectly tuned to the spirit of the night.

When the final note fades, the evening continues. Stay after the concert for our Halloween Night Dance in the Mary Seaton Room, with DJ Milk, costumes encouraged, and the bar open late. It is the ideal way to turn a concert into a full Halloween night out, elegant, playful, and shared.

Program
Ron Spigelman, conductor
Jonathan Golove, theremin cello
Susan Lewis Friedman, soprano
George Brown, tenor

SAINT-SAËNS    Danse macabre, Op. 40
MUSSORGSKY (orch. Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov)    A Night on Bald Mountain
GRIEG    Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt, Op. 46
IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King
DANNY ELFMAN (arr. Dominik Svoboda)    Main Titles from Wednesday
Jonathan Golove, theremin cello

RACHMANINOFF    Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
Jonathan Golove, theremin cello

HERRMANN (arr. Matteo Ressa)    Suite from Psycho
KHACHATURIAN    Three Pieces from Gayane
III. Sabre Dance
JOHN WILLIAMS    Superman March from Superman
INTERMISSION

JOHN WILLIAMS    “Harry’s Wondrous World” from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Suite for Orchestra
VIC MIZZY (arr. Henry George Page)    Theme from The Addams Family
RAY PARKER, JR. (arr. Luke Flynn)    Ghostbusters
STEPHEN SCHWARTZ (arr. Darryl Mackenzie)    Defying Gravity from Wicked
Susan Lewis Friedman, soprano
George Brown, tenor

CLAUDE-MICHEL SCH-NBERG (arr. John Cameron)    Stars from Les Misérables
George Brown, tenor

ALAN MENKEN (arr. Sam Shoup)    Suddenly Seymour from Little Shop of Horrors
Susan Lewis Friedman, soprano
George Brown, tenor

PICKETT (Kevin Riley)    The Monster Mash
RICHARD O’BRIEN (arr. Jennifer Lindberg)    The Time Warp from The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Susan Lewis Friedman, soprano
George Brown, tenor