Audience members encouraged to come in costume for Family Concert October 26, 2019
Wanamaker Grand Court Organist Peter Richard Conte performs the score to silent film The Phantom of the Opera on the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ in Verizon Hall October 31, 2019
(Philadelphia, October 4, 2019)—Get into the Halloween spirit this October as The Philadelphia Orchestra presents two spooky programs full of ghoulish favorites. Guest conductor Aram Demirjian will lead the Orchestra in the annual Halloween Spooktacular Family Concert—an orchestral adventure featuring a monster mashup of iconic cinematic and classically creepy treats for the whole family—on Saturday, October 26, 2019, at 11:30 AM in Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. In addition to seeing Orchestra musicians perform in costume, audience members are encouraged to show up in their Halloween best for a chance to win the Orchestra’s costume contest.
The Phantom of the Opera provides the dramatic backdrop as Philadelphia’s own Peter Richard Conte, known for his performances on the legendary Wanamaker Organ, performs the dramatic soundtrack to the classic 1925 silent film on the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ. This bone-chilling experience will take place on Thursday, October 31, 2019, at 7:30 PM in Verizon Hall. Following the concert, audience members are invited to lie down on stage to feel the vibrations of the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ, culminating a truly spine-tingling experience. The concert is part of the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ Experience, supported through a generous grant from the Wyncote Foundation. Please note: The Philadelphia Orchestra does not perform on this concert.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.philorch.org, by phone at 215.893.1999, or at the Kimmel Center Box Office. Prices and availability vary by concert.
2019 Philadelphia Orchestra Halloween Programming
Halloween Spooktacular
October 26 at 11:30 AM––Saturday morning––Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Aram Demirjian Conductor
Williams Excerpt from “Superman March,” from Superman
Prokofiev “Masks,” from Suite No. 1 from Romeo and Juliet
Williams “Rey’s Theme,” from Suite from Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
Falla “Ritual Fire Dance,” from El amor brujo
Gounod Funeral March of a Marionette
Kabalevsky Galop, from The Comedians
Grieg “In the Hall of the Mountain King,” from Peer Gynt
Tchaikovsky “The Kingdom of Sweets,” from The Nutcracker
Haydn Excerpts from Symphony No. 94 (“Surprise”)
Williams “The Shark Theme,” from Suite from Jaws
Stravinsky “Infernal Dance of King Kastcheï,” from The Firebird
Berlioz “Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath,” from Symphonie fantastique
Put on your best Halloween costume and the Orchestra will put on theirs! We've got plenty of musical treats to fill up your goodie bag. The Philadelphia Orchestra explores the spooky and the silly in this orchestral adventure, an annual audience favorite!
Enhance your family's experience with Pre-Concert Adventures, free for all ticket holders, beginning one hour before the concert.
The Phantom of the Opera
October 31 at 7:30 PM––Thursday evening––Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Peter Richard Conte Organ
The Phantom of the Opera—Silent film with organ accompaniment
The 1925 version of The Phantom of the Opera is technically a silent movie … but not when the mighty Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ is unleashed! Verizon Hall's magnificent instrument creates the perfect soundtrack for this Hollywood classic, a tale of doomed love in the spooky confines of the Paris Opera House. Known for his performances on the legendary Wanamaker Organ, Peter Richard Conte is master of the keyboard for this special Halloween presentation.
Please note: The Philadelphia Orchestra does not perform on this concert.
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