Works suggested for the theme:    Halloween

COMPOSER WORK PUBLISHER COMMENTS
Amrhein, Karen Little Nemo in Slumberland Happy Lemon  
  "Autumn" from "Symphony of Seasons" Happy Lemon  
Arnold, Malcom Tam O'Shanter Overture    
Baker, David N. Suite from The Masque of the Red Death Ballet MMB  
Bartok Dances of Transylvania    
Bazelon, Irwin Spirits of the Night Presser  
Berlioz The Damnation of Faust    
  Dream of a Witches Sabbath & March to the Gallows from Symphonie fantastique    
Boccherini Symphony No. 6 (op. 12, no. 4; G. 506) “La Casa del Diavolo”    
Boito Mefistofele    
Busoni Doctor Fautus    
Chadwick Symphonic Sketches – Hobgoblin    
Corigliano, John Three Hallucinations   (derived from the movie score to Altered States)
Dukas The Scorcerer’s Apprentice    
Dvorak The Noon Witch    
Franck The Cursed Huntsman    
Gellis, Herb Allegro Sauvage Harmonic Services Group for timpani and orchestra
Gliere Symphony No. 3    
Gluck Dance of the Furies from Don Juan    
Gounod Funeral March of a Marionette    
Grantham, Donald A Goblin’s Album Presser  
Grieg In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt    
Grieg March of the Trolls/Dwarves    
Grofe, Ferde Trick or Treat - Halloween Fantasy for Strings    
Gruber, H.K. FRANKENSTEIN!! Boosey  
Hermann, Bernard Psycho Suite    
  The Devil & Daniel Webster    
Heudebert, Lionel Ghost-Town Cemetery Presser  
Holst The Planets – Neptune, The Magician    
Horovitz, Joseph Horrortorio   A light hearted one if you have a choir. It's great fun for the musicians as well, as they have fun working out in which composers style each movement is written. It was originally written for one of the Hoffnung festivals. I believe it is published by Chester Novello. Their agent in the US is may be G Schirmer Inc. 25 mins/solo Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass/SATB chorus 2(pic)222/4331/timp.2perc/hpschd.pno.gtr/str
Humperdinck Witch’s Song and Interlude from Hansel & Gretel    
Ives Halloween, from Symphony Holidays    
Khachaturian Masquerade Suite    
Liszt A Faust Symphony    
  Mephisto Waltz    
  Totentanz    
Lloyd Webber Phantom of the Opera    
Maggio, Robert Hand Prints of Sorcerers Presser  
Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain    
Mozart The Magic Flute Overture    
  Don Giovanni Overture    
Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld    
Puccini Le Villi, Intermezzo (The Witches’ Sabbath) Presser  
Revueltas La noche de los Mayas    
Revueltas Sensemaya    
Rimelis, David The Cool Ghoul MMB for orchestra and scary voices
Saint-Saens Danse macabre    
  Skeletons from Carnival of the Animals    
Schelle, Michael Spirits MMB six 5-minute movements depicting different persons/events from the Jonestown Massacre (tense) to One for the Gipper (football fun). Any one or all may be performed.
Schubert Overture to The Devil’s Pleasure Palace (Das Teufels Lustschloss)    
  Der Doppleganger    
  Erlkonig    
Sessions The Black Maskers    
Stravinsky L’histoire du soldat    
  Firebird – Infernal Dance    
Thomas, Richard Pearson The Ghosts of Alder Gulch MMB  
Wendel, Robert Pit and the Pendulum Wendelmusic  
  Ride Of The Headless Horseman Wendelmusic  
  The Rocky Horror Picture Show Wendelmusic medley arrangement
  Waltz of Madness Wendelmusic  
Williams Harry Potter    
  Witches of Eastwick    


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