Classical IPR has an entire day of musical tricks and treats planned this Halloween.
7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Weekend Classical with Amanda Sewell (Halloween edition)
9 a.m. to noon Music by Request with Tyler Castellanos
Noon to 1 p.m. The Score with Edmund Stone: "The Brothers Grimm"
Featuring films based on the popular - and sometimes frightening - stories of the Grimm brothers. Thrill to music from "Maleficent" and "Snow White and the Huntsman," and have some fun with updated stories such as "Enchanted," "Tangled," "Shrek Forever After" and more.
1 p.m. to 3 p.m. WFMT Opera Series presents Leoncavallo's "I Pagliacci"
Tenor Jonathan Burton stars as the murderous clown Canio in this recent production from Opera Festival of Chicago.
3 p.m. to 5 p.m. "Requiem for a Scream" from Louisville Public Media
Daniel Gilliam presents bone-chilling music from John Carpenter's "Halloween," Michael Abels' score for Jordan Peele's "Us," and selections from "Hocus Pocus," "Beetlejuice," and "The Shining." You won't be able to escape the grip of death in Franz Liszt's "Totentanz" or the mystery of Alexander Scriabin's "Black Mass" sonata.
5 p.m. to 6 p.m. "Creepy Classics" from American Public Media
Join Jake Armerding for the best creepy music from the concert stage, film and opera.
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Classical IPR presents "Trick or Treating Terrors"
IPR's music director Amanda Sewell has created a playlist of some of the scariest music you'll ever hear on the radio. Hear pieces about serial killers, deranged clowns and electric insects. You might want to listen with the lights on!
8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Halloween 2026 special from Living Classical
Tyler Kline presents two hours of new music about masquerades, ghosts, spellbooks and sea witches, drawn from stories around the world. Hour one features masquerades, gentle ghosts, recurring nightmares and a musical spellbook while hour two summons a storm hag of Irish sea folklore along with a true ghost story from China's Cultural Revolution and a séance gone awry.
