Happy Halloween!

As I write this post, I am working at the front desk of my residence hall on Halloween. In honor of this momentous occasion, I am providing, as always, the highest quality classical music for Halloween.

The playlist has been as follows:

- Night on Bald Mountain
- Bach: Tocatta and Fugue in D minor (both of them!)
- Orff: Carmina Burana (entire work, not just the first track...)
- Carter: String Quartet No. 2
- Crumb: Black Angels
- Verdi: Requiem (selections)
- Mozart: Requiem (selections)
- Zimmer: Pirates of the Carribean 2: The Kraken
- R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra - Opening
- Shostakovich: festive overture
- Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
- Bizet: Farandole

Happy Halloween to all!

How do YOU make music?

What's your philosophy of music making?

Stravinsky was a fan of simply playing the notes and dynamics and "the music will take care of itself."

Others might take issue with Stravinsky and say that emotion and musicality comes first as opposed to the rigidity of simply focusing on producing notes.

I have written a blog post about this before, but as I focus on re-learning a new range of the horn for the new principal horn position I have this year at school, I am beginning to agree with Stravinsky. It seems that just creating what is written on the page has a unique character and musicality. Perhaps just letting the music speak for itself is enough.

What is your philosophy? I'd love to hear!