On Halloween Night
On Halloween Night is an orchestral suite in five short movements in which each movement evokes a fantastical creature traditionally associated with the celebration of Halloween. The work is freely inspired by children’s drawings of each creature, to better evoke, and even transcend them.
I – Flight of the Witch
II – March of the Zombies
III – Metamorphosis of the Werewolf
IV – Ghosts of the Manor
V – Attack of the Skeletons!
Instrumentation:
– Version for symphonic orchestra: 2222 / 4231 / 1 hrp / 1 timp / 2 percs / strings
– Version for classical orchestra: 2222 / 2200 / 1 pno / 1 timp+perc / strings
Duration: 11 minutes
Suggested program:
– Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre
– Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
– Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
– Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Commissioned by the Orchestre métropolitain and their artistic director Yannick Nezet-Séguin.
Dedicated to the musicians of the Orchestre métropolitain.
Premiere: October 30st, 2014, by the Orchestre Métropolitain and the conductor Jean-Michel Malouf, at the Théâtre Outremont, in Montreal.
2017, Oct 29 | Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rivard | Grassroots Church, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
2017, Oct 28 | Stratford Symphony Orchestra, Mélanie Léonard | Avondale United Church, ON, Canada
2017, Oct 15 | Houston Symphony, Lucas Waldin | Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, TX, United States
2017, Oct 13 | Houston Symphony, Lucas Waldin | Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, TX, United States
2016, Oct 30 | Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Michel Malouf | Grassroots Church, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
2016, Oct 22 | Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Lucas Waldin | Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada
2016, Oct 20 | Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Lucas Waldin | Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada
2016, Oct 19 | Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Lucas Waldin | Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada
2016, Oct 18 | Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Lucas Waldin | Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada
2016, Feb. 28 | Oakville Symphony Orchestra, Roberto De Clara | St. Matthew’s Church, Oakville, ON, Canada
2015, Nov. 8 | Oakville Symphony Orchestra, Roberto De Clara | Oakville, ON
2015, Nov. 7 | Oakville Symphony Orchestra, Roberto De Clara | Oakville, ON
2014, Oct 31 | Orchestre métropolitain, Jean-Michel Malouf | Théâtre Outremont, Montreal (2 concerts)
2014, Oct. 30 | Orchestre métropolitain, Jean-Michel Malouf | Théâtre Outremont, Montreal (premiere)