Shadows and Spirits

October 30, 2026
$50

Step into something extraordinary! Join the AMAC resident symphony orchestra for an atmospheric Hallowe’en-themed evening, as Sinfonia Ancaster transforms Peller Hall into a world of Shadows and Spirits and musical enchantment. Join us for haunting melodies, thrilling orchestral drama, and unexpected delights, as the concert hall becomes a stage for the mysterious, the magical and the macabre!

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Hallowe’en costumes encouraged – add your own touch of flair to this exhilarating and memorable evening!

Guest conductor Daniel Warren leads the orchestra in the eerie power of Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain, the dramatic intensity of Berlioz’s March to the Scaffold, the soaring wonder of John Williams’ music from E.T. and the ominous power of his music from The Phantom Menace… and more!

·      John Williams — Duel of the Fates, from The Phantom Menace

·      Heinrich Marschner — Overture to Der Vampyr

·      Charles Gounod — Funeral March for a Marionette

·      Modest Mussorgsky — Night on Bald Mountain

·      Maxime Goulet — On Halloween Night

·      Bernard Herrmann — Prelude to Psycho

·      Luigi Boccherini — La Casa del Diavolo, III. Allegro assai con moto

·      Camille Saint-Saëns — Danse Macabre

·      Hector Berlioz — Symphonie Fantastique, IV. March to the Scaffold

·      Edvard Grieg — In the Hall of the Mountain King

·      John Williams, arr. John Cacavas — Selections from E.T.

Audience members are invited to add their own touch of flair to this spooky and sophisticated evening—a simple masquerade mask or something more elaborate if desired!

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