Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics

Hundreds of flameless LED candles illuminate the nave of St. Boniface Episcopal Church for a thematic installment of the international Candlelight concert series. A local string quartet performs chamber arrangements of seasonal pop culture staples and macabre classical works. The program typically shifts from classical suspense, such as Camille Saint-Saëns’s Danse Macabre and Bernard Herrmann’s screeching Psycho theme, to pop-culture favorites like Michael Jackson’s Thriller and the Ghostbusters theme. The juxtaposition of the church’s gothic-inspired architecture and the glowing artificial candlelight creates an appropriately moody atmosphere for the Halloween-focused repertoire.