Episode 43: Spooky Sounds

This time around, it’s Spooky Sounds, featuring a parade of musical ghosts, goblins, and even a Devil’s Trill. Not to mention scary stuff from Shostakovich, Leos Janacek, and more, all played live on stage at the Heifetz Institute.

This Episode’s Playlist

Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 10 in A-flat, Op. 118
II. Allegro furioso
Emerson Quartet:
Philip Setzer, violin
Eugene Drucker, violin
Larry Dutton, viola
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.08.2016

Antonio Bazzini: Dance of the Goblins, Op. 25
Samuel Garcia, violin
Beilin Han, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute recording | 06.25.2023

Steven R. Gerber: Elegy on the name Dmitri Shostakovich
Loxea Hipsky, viola
First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute recording | 07.17.2021

Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 [excerpt]
Beilin Han, Yoon Lee, piano four-hands
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute recording | 07.17.2022

Svante Henryson: Black Run (2021)
Alex Fowler, cello
First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute recording | 07.04.2021

Leoš Janáček: String Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer Sonata”
I. Adagio – Con moto
II. Con moto
Pegasus Quartet:
Maya Buchanan, violin
Minji Lee, violin
Gene Hotta, viola
Joan Herget, cello
First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute recording | 08.04.2021

Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for Solo Violin in D minor ‘Ballade’, Op. 27, No. 3 [excerpt]
Julia Angelov, violin
Staunton Augusta Art Center, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 03.26.2021

Giuseppe Tartini: Violin Sonata in G minor, “Devil’s Trill”
Chunyi Grace Zhou, violin
Miki Sawada, piano
First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute recording | 07.17.2023

Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre, Op. 40
Miki Sawada, Jingxuan Zhang, piano 1
Allison Freeman, Seonmi Lee, piano 2
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute recording | 07.17.2022

Go Deeper

• In this episode, cellist Alex Fowler describes Svante Henryson‘s Black Run as “the Devil went down to Georgia to meet at the Crossroads.”  Check out the fascinating bio of the contemporary Swedish cellist/bassist/composer.
• Check out this playlist of the 17 Strange & Creepy Classical Music Pieces for Hallowe’en! Yes, there’s plenty of Shostakovich!
• Zombie Mozart, Werewolf Beethoven, Shostakovich the Terminator, and more….check out Classic FM’s fanciful list of composers in their Hallowe’en costumes!