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Beautiful Monsters – John Williams & Symphonie Fantastique

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Beautiful Monsters – John Williams & Symphonie Fantastique

Des Moines Symphony

Oct. 31 - Nov. 1, 2026 Des Moines Civic Center

Beautiful Monsters – John Williams & Symphonie Fantastique

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Oct. 31 - Nov. 1, 2026 Des Moines Civic Center

Beautiful Monsters – John Williams & Symphonie Fantastique

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ABOUT THE EVENT

Revel in the fantastic and magnificent over Halloween weekend. John Williams’ Devil’s Dance crackles with energy before Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain conjures supernatural frenzy. Prodigy Derek Wang dazzles with Liszt’s virtuosic Totentanz. Finally, Berlioz’s famous and feverish Symphonie Fantastique descends into hallucination and a haunting and visceral finale like no other. 

Joseph Giunta, conducting 
Derek Wang, piano

John WILLIAMS -  Devil’s Dance from The Witches of Eastwick
MUSSORGSKY/Rimsky-Korsakov -  Night on Bald Mountain
LISZT -  Totentanz for Piano & Orchestra
BERLIOZ -  Symphonie Fantastique 

 

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