Join Raymond Jones this Wednesday at 9 p.m. on WHRO-FM for a spine-tingling Halloween edition of “A Local Touch: Music with a Virginia Connection.” This week’s lineup is packed with haunting classics, headlined by JoAnn Falletta, Music Director Laureate of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, who conjures a thrilling evening of music perfect for the season.
The night opens with Paul Dukas’s “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” where dark magic and mischief set the stage for an evening of eerie elegance. JoAnn Falletta will play the guitar joining flutist Debra Wendells Cross and clarinetist Robert Alemany in Saint-Saëns’s spirited “Tarantella,” adding a playful yet unsettling touch to the lineup.
Then we journey to Rachmaninoff’s “The Isle of the Dead,” where Falletta’s dynamic conducting with the Buffalo Philharmonic brings out the somber depths of this powerful work.
One of the program's highlights will be Berlioz's Requiem, recorded live at the 2017 Virginia Arts Festival with tenor Robert McPherson and The Choral Arts Society of Washington alongside the Virginia Symphony Chorus and Orchestra. Known for its profound layers of orchestral and choral sound, this rendition of the Requiem offers a unique interpretation that is both grand and contemplative.
To cap off the evening, we’ll tune into Staunton, Virginia, for “Heifetz on the Air: Spooky Sounds,” a program filled with frightful favorites to get you in the Halloween spirit.
Join us this Wednesday at 9 p.m. on WHRO FM 90.3, or online, and get ready for a night of thrills and chills.
