Trick or treat? Today is All Hallows’ Day

I will resume my “Adam Smith, Commissioner” series on Monday. In the meantime, did you know that Halloween actually refers to the solemn Roman Catholic feast of All Hallows’ Day: a holy day to mark the beginning of Allhallowtide, a time to remember the dead, including martyrs, saints, and all faithful departed Christians? Bonus link: “Ten Spooky Classical Music Favorites for Halloween” by Terez Rose, a ballet and classical music critic who blogs regularly “The Classical Girl“. Below, for example, is #9: Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Isle of the Dead”, Op. 29, performed by the Russian National Orchestra.