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NSO Pops: Marvin's Halloween Monster Mash, Marvin Hamlisch, conductor

The weekend before Halloween, dress in your spookiest costume for this "spirited" evening of spine-tingling hits conducted by Marvin Hamlisch.

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About the Program

Artists:
Calling all vampires, werewolves, mummies, and goblins! The weekend before Halloween, come to the Kennedy Center in your spookiest costume for this "spirited" evening of spine-tingling hits. Marvin Hamlisch and friends perform wickedly wonderful songs from The Phantom of the Opera, the theme to Psycho, and much more. Along with plenty of scream-worthy surprises, it's going to be a graveyard smash--so let your darker side give in to the music of the night!

Join Marvin Hamlisch and guests immediately following the Thursday, October 26 concert for a free More with Marvin discussion. Program:
 - Program to include:
TEIE - Nightmare for String Quartet
HERRMANN - Psycho: A Suite for Strings
STEINER - Title Music from King Kong

restored by Christopher Palmer
SCHWARTZ - "The Wizard and I" from Wicked
ARLEN - "Ding Dong! the Witch is Dead" from The Wizard of Oz
LANE - "Old Devil Moon" from Finian's Rainbow
KANDER - "Kiss of the Spider Woman" from Kiss of the Spider Woman

arr. Paul McKibbons
MUSSORGSKY/RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - Night on Bald Mountain Program Notes
WILLIAMS - The Chamber of Secrets from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Suite for Orchestra
SHAIMAN - Tango from Addams Family Values
SONDHEIM - "A Little Priest" from Sweeney Todd
WAXMAN - "Creation of the Female Monster" from Bride of Frankenstein

restored by Charles Gerhardt and Mark McGurty
LLOYD WEBBER - "Music of the Night" from Phantom of the Opera

arr. Wayne Berker
LLOYD WEBBER - "Phantom of the Opera" from Phantom of the Opera

arr. Richard Hayman


All events and artists subject to change without prior notice.

Group of 20 or more? Group Sales offers special terms and discounts for most performances.

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