October marks the month for dressing up, hosting themed parties, and swapping elegant decor for spiderwebs and pumpkins. And for a musical tribute in honour of the scariest celebration, these haunting Candlelight Halloween specials will summon button-eyed dolls, bio-exorcists, and scissor-wielding protagonists. Audiences will be clutching onto the edge of their seats (and praying for the music to never stop).
Forget the tricks because it’ll be time to treat yourself to a night of frightfully spectacular music as candles flicker, shadows linger, and a string quartet makes their instruments screech, scratch, and scream melodically through the night. Discover hauntingly beautiful nights of music at the Athenaeum Theatre and Fitzroy Town Hall.
Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics
As audiences look upon the brilliantly lit stage at the Athenaeum Theatre and Fitzroy Town Hall, talented musicians will perform a variety of Halloween classics. Hear classical compositions such as Saint Saens’s “Danse Macabre” and Gounad’s “Funeral March of a Marionette” as well as the prelude from Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho.
Contemporary Halloween classics also make it onto the setlist with tracks like “Thriller” which is joined by tracks and theme songs from fantastic films including The Exorcist, Ghostbusters, and Halloween. Relive the darkest, moodiest, and unnerving films and famously unsettling songs.
A sea of candles will light up two spectacular venues in Melbourne but their flickering glow will dance with the shadows to add an unearthly dimension to the evening. Treat yourself to a night of ghoulish sounds and then head out into the night if you dare.
Invite family and friends along for the perfect plan this Halloween. Sure, carving pumpkins and creating terrifying costumes is fun but it wouldn’t be the scariest time of the year without some chilling songs.
Please note that the images used are from previous Candlelight performances.