To those who are not informed. This orchestration was made by another great Russian composer Rimsky-Korsakov after Mussorgsky's death. The original version orchestrated by Mussorgsky himself is somewhat different, especially the end of this masterpiece. Anyway, both are magnificent.
@@nightshadedreams2989 Yeah, R-K basically took the CHORAL version of Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain (which was different from the fully orchestral version he originally wrote) and then re-orchestrated it for orchestra only, also changing a bunch of parts and making it sound overall more cohesive. I personally think R-K's version is better than anything Mussorgsky arranged himself. But of course, it was his genius that came up with the central themes and motifs used in the piece.
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Its original title was the crimson tide but his wife insisted he change it. He was thrown out of the house and spent the night on bald mountain and that's when he wrote the sugar plumb fairy
The original title was "St. John's Night at the Bare Mountain", and the different passages are titled after different encounters with demons. So, you're totally right--must've been a helluva night
@@jenniferdonovan821 Apparently it's been used in a few different productions, so the exact details differ depending on which you're talking about. Usually, though, it seems to be about devils and witches.
He wrote his music after nightmares. So imagine what his dreams must have been like. He is a great composer, and he should get more recognition for his work. Horror music metal man!
This masterpiece existed long before in America it has connection to Disney. So much about american education and general knowledge .You should tell that Donald Duck wrote this?You Americans are uneducated and stupid beyond belief.
I literally can't even tell a motif. People mentioned it's part of Earthworm Jim soundtrack but it's unremarkable even in a game about fart noises and burps.
Apparently, Mussorgsky was incredibly critical of himself, and was a perfectionist, which is part of why he doesn't have a whole lot of surviving music. He ended up discarding whatever music he was dissatisfied with Edit: Turns out that this is not entirely accurate. Mussorgsky wasn't necessarily a perfectionist, but he was often under intense pressure from his mentor, Mily Balakirev. Additionally, he didn't really discard work that dissatisfied him, but he would frequently rewrite and revisit old works, and it's common knowledge that he technically never completed Night on Bald Mountain
he wasn't self-critical. he just wasn't skilled enough to produce good quality finished pieces, despite his enormous talent. his works are only known and critically acclaimed because Rimsky-Korsakov literally had to complete them and even rearrange them so they would sound acceptable from a technical standpoint.
It feels like your running from a nightmare that could not be described in words, a feeling you must be there to feel, simply a masterpiece credit to such a great composer
Heavy metal music is actually inspired by this kind of orchestral music. Why else would there be so many symphonic metal bands like Nightwish and Epica?
I was in a Symphonic Band in High School and we played this. The bass can be fun! Loved it and will never forget it. Love the big 5 Russian Composers. They influence me in my own meager compositions. I am grateful.
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MCmLTjcfq6I.html&ab_channel=TribecaNewMusic This is a cover of a pretty popular metal song. I think you will take your words back. Also metal music never meant to be scary(artists maybe, but not music itself). Metal is more about heaviness, power and technique
I can't explain how, but, Russia composer's are the best to express terror and anxiety, with these Master piece I can really feel that I am witnessing a witches reunion " aquelarre in spanish but I don't find a proper translation" .
@@gabysixx5078 coven no la había escuchado, la de Sabbath creo que si se puede usar, podría ser ofensivo para los judíos pero es aplicable creo muchas gracias!!!!
От Достоевского до Чайковского, русское искусство - достояние всего человечества. Никто не может его отменить.(From Dostoevsky to Tchaikovsky, Russian art is the heritage of all humanity. Nobody can cancel it.)
Imagine how the composer's mind would be blown finding out there exists a medium where his composition has been listened to over 10 million times, all the while being adored and discussed amongst people who have never met each other.
Nice post!!! I wish we had more people like you posting something positive! Music is the universal language and the internet is becoming the universal medium.
+Bender B. Rodriguez This one is nice, though some of us wicked math teachers who are children of the 1980's like murder by numbers by the Police. It really sets the mood.
I played this in my college orchestra and it was so much fun. I was first chair violist and just reminiscing over some of the old pieces we played, it was so much fun to lead this piece and it was super exciting to play live and was a total hit. This as well as "Pictures at an Exhibition" Baba Yaga and Great Gate of Kiev were some of my favorites. I really loved Baba Yaga in particular Edit: I blew so many bow strings on all three pieces, especially on Pictures at an Exhibition. I think I sawed through about a third of my bow by the time we finished all those pieces because I went absolutely ham on them, they were my favorites.
@ninjadaer6183 Very late reply, but yes, correct - I played viola, not violin. So I was therefore a violist. Not like the first commenter, who suggested that it was based around men or women determining whether it was violin or viola. Tell me you know nothing about string instruments without telling me you know nothing about string instruments.
Mussorgsky inanılmaz bir besteci. Her dinlediğimde beni uçsuz bucaksız yerlere götürüyor. İnanılmaz gerçekten. Böyle bir orkestrayı dağda ormanda veya distopik mekanlarda dinlemek aşırı keyif verir. Her dinlediğimde müziğin yüksek kısımları ve düşük kısımlarında çok ayrı duygular hissettiriyor. Şahane kocaman bir eser , bu eser için kendisine çok teşekkür ederim 🙏🌙
Agree with you 💯 👍 And think I was playing this with orchestra ooo long time ago..Now not playing but my rington is this ups and every day I need to take a cup of his fantasy and imagination ❤🎶🎵
@@djasladjasla4351 Orkestranıza eşlik etmek ve bu parçayı birlikte çalmak isterdim. Çünkü insanlar popüler ve kapitalist modern sanata kendini kaptırdılar. Halbuki gerçek besteci ve sanatçılar Mussorgsky, Tchakovyski vs büyük ustalar. Kendi ülkemde de sanata pek değer verilmediği için güzel bir orkestra kurup dünya turnesine çıkmak isterim hem de birlikte bunu başarabiliriz. İmkanlar elverdiği kadar
We played it for our UIL and end of the year concert. Rehearsing it was tough, but after we heard a recording of ourselves playing it, it sounded awesome.
Played this in the 10th grade in high school. We had 20 violins, 8 violas, 3? string basses, full woodwinds, brass and percussion, and some really good senior strings. It was awesome.
Neil Power it is Neil I heard it once it brought shivers up my spine and I was 17 at the time and listening to this now at 64 so can feel the shivers again
You think THIS is anxiety? Try this... 😅 Threnody: For the Victims of Hiroshima. Absolutely terrifying. My music teacher showed it to my class to analyse the 'melody' (if there is one) and it honestly hurts my ears to listen to, not just because it's what my anxiety attacks sound like... it's also just not aurally pleasing to listen to ._.
This is my second time listening to this after watching Disney's original "Fantasia" at the movie theatre when I was about..... 10? That was damn scary. Pure genius.
One day in the future this may well happen. Ai generated or selected music will play to you as you go about your day and ut adjusts to your needs, to the world around you and to what's happening. You will get tailor made music that fits you, your personality, your friends, your environment. How incredible would that be?
And here is an example of the fact that, yes, we "have a soundtrack to our lives"; and the fact that we can choose which pieces of music will fit that soundtrack.
or when you're both 1v1ing in SSB4 and you both have 1 stock left and both of you are at like 100% and you are desperately trying to land a crit attack but keep missing
I play this arrangement in high school concert band on trombone and I still remember the the excited we had every time it was the brass sections time to shine. Over 10 years ago now 😅
The beauty of classical music is that we're all subconsciously aware of all the great works before you even start getting into it because there will have been hundreds of times you'll have already heard them, then when you get into it you realise you just didn't know the titles and the composers. Rock, metal and punk are my favourite genres but recently I've become addicted to listening to Classic FM.
Well said, also people should apply this to John Barry a more modern composer who died a few years ago. This man is a genius and everyone recognizes the great scores and master pieces he composed but not the name. Too many brilliant people overlooked I think and some of the worst are in the media all the time.
@@jimmyriddles Totally agree, many people are overlooked because they're not considered cool and compatible with the mind numbing narrative that is forced on us. I've recently become aware of both John Barry and John Williams and have bought some of their work on CD. I love music and have a very diverse collection of CDs - my favourite genres are rock, punk and metal but recently I have been getting into classical music and wish I had years ago!
Lembro meu Pai comentando enquanto ouvíamos essa obra prima. Ficava aterrorizado! A dança das Bruxas e todo o ritual, com meu pai descrevendo tudo com detalhes. Saudade demais do meu Mestre e Pai.
My youth orchestra once went to a competition in Edmonton, AB, a 17-hour drive by charter bus from Vancouver. To pass the time, the entire bus would run through our setlist in acapella, everyone singing their individual parts. This was our finale piece, I played tuba. Those opening brass shots will stay with me forever.
@@mustapleko Oh I know that lol. So many photos of like Suppe or Liszt or even Tchaikovsky was them in such bored expressions lol. However this one looked kind of like a drawing to me... lol
What needs to be understood is that expected the best from every musician, he created the sublime piece in order that know one was left behind so that all who contributed to this instrumemtally knew that they had to do thier best! truly masterful and without a contemporary!
This is beautifully illustrated and animated by Disney (when they were a good company) and it is fantastic and matches the terror and horror of the piece. I love this piece to death😊
Modest Mussorgsky wrote this music during his stay in south Italy, at Montecalvo Irpino, on the river Sabato, near Benevento, the place of the witches. They made their sabba under a big tree, a walnut, called noce di Benevento.
While it sounds great and is an amazing ending to the piece, this part is incredibly boring to play as a violinist. Especially when the flute solo comes in, there’s 25 measures of rest that you have to count
RisingAntichrist black metal is for pussies classical is the real thing (belive me) if you want to be a real man:listen to classical only black metal and metal in general is low and stupid this music has greater attitude (only the composer had it) and you really learning the meaning of music and art black metal is just teenager who think they are scary and that a pig head in the stage is "scary" which is stupid (since i am a vegan) ...kid if you want to be badass compose music dont fuck it up like you'll all do
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky clearly you know nothing about metal except for the mainstream metal where i do have to agree with you but even in metal there are great musician for as example look for buckethead
''Okay, what kind of boss could be waiting for me in this dark pit?" *Bald mountain starts playing* ''Oh.'' *Chernabog appears* *Childhood trauma resurfacing* *"Shit."*
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