My new Q&A is not really a Q&A — I use the platform of this podcast to do a music program. This one relates to Halloween. To things that go bump in the night, musically. You have Tartini (“Devil’s Trill”). Gounod (the “golden calf” aria from Faust). Liszt (the Mephisto Waltz No. 1, though not his Totentanz). Berlioz (his “horse ride into hell,” as I call it). And so on. I end with a certain sorcerer, or rather with his apprentice, who’s in a world of hurt.

Hope you enjoy. Candy isn’t the only thing fun about Halloween. (Heath bars were my favorite. Don’t know whether they’re still made.)