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Scary Music for a Scary Night

Happy Halloween! Scare your neighbours or scare yourself with these music selections!

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MUSIC OF THE WEEK

For Love of a Woman: Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman

In the Overture, we open with a storm motif before presenting the Dutchman and Senta motifs. This was the first opera where Wagner uses musical cues that are linked to specific characters and themes. The storm leitmotif is one such.

Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman Overture

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