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: 2.2.2.2 / 4.2.3.1 / hrp / timp+2 / strings
– Version for classical orchestra: 2.2.2.2 / 2.2.0.0 / pno / timp-perc / strings
– Version for wind orchestra: 2fl, 2ob, 2bsn, 3cl, 1cl-b / 2sax-a, 1sax-t, 1sax-b / 4hrn, 3trp, 2tbn-t, 1tbn-b, 1eup, 1tuba / hrp, pno / timp / 3perc (arr. YannBail)
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.
Performance of On Halloween Night by the Orchestre Métropolitain and Jean-Michel Malouf
2020, Oct. 25 to Nov. 14 | Orchestre Symphonique de Laval, Alain Trudel | Concert en ligne
2020, Oct. 25 | Toledo Symphony, Alain Trudel | Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle, Toledo, OH, United States
2020, Oct 25 [postponed] | Ensemble Vent et percussion de Québec, René Joly | Salle Henri-Gagnon, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada
2020, Oct 24 [postponed] | Ensemble Vent et percussion de Québec, René Joly | Salle Henri-Gagnon, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada
2019, Nov. 3 | Orchestre Symphonique du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Nicolas Ellis | Théatre Banque Nationale, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada
2019, Nov. 2 | Orchestre Symphonique du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Nicolas Ellis | Salle Michel-Côté, Alma, QC, Canada
2019, Oct. 27 | Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser | Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada
2019, Oct. 27 | Toledo Symphony, Steven Jarvi | Valentine Theatre, Toledo, OH, United States
2019, Apr. 14 | Harmonie de Luzy, Yann Bail | Église de Savigny-Poil-Fol, Luzy, France
2019, Apr. 13 | Harmonie de Luzy, Yann Bail | Salle des fêtes Marcel Joyeux, Luzy, France
2018, Oct. 28 | Toledo Symphony, Alain Trudel | Valentine Theatre, Toledo, OH, États-Unis
2018, Oct. 28 | Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, Melissa Biroun | 1250 Balmoral St, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
2018, Oct. 28 | Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser | McIntyre Theatre at Mohawk College, Hamilton, ON, Canada
2018, Oct. 27 | Kamloops Symphony, Dina Gilbert | Sagebrush Theatre, Kamloops, BC, Canada
2018, Oct. 26 | Kamloops Symphony, Dina Gilbert | Sagebrush Theatre, Kamloops, BC, Canada
2018, Oct. 25 | Kamloops Symphony, Dina Gilbert | Sagebrush Theatre, Kamloops, BC, Canada
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, Canada
2015, Nov. 7 | Oakville Symphony Orchestra, Roberto De Clara | Oakville, ON, Canada
2014, Oct 31 | Orchestre métropolitain, Jean-Michel Malouf | Théâtre Outremont, Montreal (2 concerts), Montréal QC, Canada
2014, Oct. 30 | Orchestre métropolitain, Jean-Michel Malouf | Théâtre Outremont, Montreal (premiere), Montréal QC, Canada