Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain

Night on Bald Mountain, also known as Night on the Bare Mountain, is a series of compositions by Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881).

[@KamiSilver]

Mussorgsky must have passed a really haunting night at the bald mountain to be able to compose this...

[@joeferris5086]

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

[@nathankerr393]

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]

It about gypsies worshiping trees and nature I don’t know what you are talking about

[@nathankerr393]

@@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.

[@ronalddunne3413]

@@nathankerr393 Too bad we don't have more of what he was smokin... that Russian Red...

[@PurpleBroadcast]

"Nothing happened on Bald Mountain, dont look into it" -Mussorgsky

[@PantyHunter]

Hah

[@btf_flotsam478]

I looked into it. Apparently, it's a gathering of witches.

[@ronlacker326]

@@btf_flotsam478 Its a gathering of simps around their anime egirl overlord.

[@tomkatt8274]

@@btf_flotsam478 Chernobog did 911

[@jamesthompson5030]

A cargo plane full of Rogaine crashed.

[@olafbiesot777]

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!

[@memory8814]

ıI think he ate hard than fell asleep and wrote it at midnight....

[@Rick_Cleland]

@@memory8814, He ate copious amounts of cheese.

[@dennisblom7011]

Listen to Marduk - Glorification of the black god and you'll see. ;)

[@VCT3333]

He should get more recognition of course, but maybe he didn't want it. His name is Modest, after all!!! 🤣

[@giovanna8187]

@@VCT3333 😂🤣😆

[@samplexample]

As a kid, I loved this song. It was the ‘finale’ of the OG Fantasia. Although it made me anxious as hell and genuinely scared me, I loved it so much.

[@livianegidius9772]

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.

[@ОльгаГофман-о8у]

Mussorgsky wrote "Night on Bald Mountain" in 1867.

[@SteffLoui88]

Love Fantasia, my all time fav.

[@itzjowii]

You’re old

[@danielc9312]

That brings back memories. I’ll bet my mom still has the VHS cassette tape.

[@WarcrimeSimulator]

Never ask a woman her age, a man his salary and Mussorgsky what on earth happened on bald mountain

[@HeWishesForTheClothesOfHeaven]

I have a 7 figure salary! Of course, 2 of those figures come after the decimal point. And the first 3 figures are all zeroes...😭

[@GoldenMushroom64]

@@HeWishesForTheClothesOfHeaven I love you

[@anthonynapier2887]

He got hair in his food

[@smileysatanson3404]

actually its about witch sabbaths on the bald mountain on st Johns Eve(albeit in russian) he even finished writing it on that day

[@domonicredmond1894]

Or talk about Bruno

[@thesteeless]

- I like 60s music -The beatles, right? -no I mean 1860s...

[@crankpatate3303]

I guess this song would describe the facial expression of the person you telling this rather well, haha.

[@jameshall-fd8qm]

Funny joke.

[@ianw1976]

This is from the 1880s

[@cloudii7488]

deadass

[@ellyserban8951]

@S Macca problem?

[@hzmuhabbet]

this masterpiece creates its own adventure when you close your eyes.

[@cathieludemann5879]

When I was little, this music gave me nightmares many nights. I guess from its association with Fantasia.

[@alejo8820]

Master comment. There's your like, good friend

[@salome9781]

True

[@ryanraeburn212]

The reson why classical music will never get old as they tell there own story

[@NotMe-nh8kg]

I love to close my eyes and listen to this while driving.

[@Tobysootyngirls4]

I don’t care what type of music you’re into….a piece of music like this stays in your soul forever from the moment your hear it.

[@KasumiRINA]

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.

[@orang1921]

@@KasumiRINA yeah it's the background of that one hell level; it's also in disney's Fantasia

[@jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

One of the few pieces of classical music I actually like.

[@ericvoigtman1157]

I heard this in piece in high school in the early '80's, was moved by it then, and still love it

[@oldmanfromnorthland7391]

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]

0.0 seriously? Thanks for the education (I'm being serious this is not sarcasm sorry if it sounded like that)

[@JonatasAdoM]

Is the other one a Night on the bare mountain?

[@gabrielblacklock3921]

@@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.

[@oni741]

@@nightshadedreams2989 Man!!! Sarcasm is part of Life. ...Stop pretending to be a serious person: your screen-name (Nightshade Dreams) is so ironic and laughable😆 LOL *Keep laughing!*

[@nightshadedreams2989]

@@oni741 I am well aware sarcasm is a part of life, I would be a hypocrite otherwise and yes I am aware of the irony of my use name, I've grown quite fond of it Stay mad stay beautiful and stay blooming darling, you look like you need it ;)

[@Diepzeevis]

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.

[@jamesg7426]

Probably something similar to your profile picture

[@dvd11811]

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.

[@stephenfong1144]

Didn't you say that for Ride of Valkeries?

[@piggyman-st8iu]

....and In Hall of the Mountain King AND Beethoven’s 5th Symphony....

[@Diepzeevis]

@@dvd11811 thank you ❤️

[@alexandercharlesedwards-1344]

"I was into heavy metal before it was popular" - Mussorgsky

[@potato1341]

I MADE the emotions, the feelings you get... The shiver going down your spine you feel when something is off? I... Invented... It...

[@Johnny2Fingers00]

what a hipster

[@Yazerhoun]

"I only make Trve Kult music" Mussorgsky

[@drbazooka5907]

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?

[@alexandercharlesedwards-1344]

Drbazooka Hence my joke

[@user-AZ-phil]

I first heard this music watching "Fantasia" as a kid during WW II. The music fascinated me, but when the music turned in to Ave Maria, I couldn't stop crying. My mother thought that I was frightened by the music! I was finally able to tell her that I was so moved, that I couldn't help it. To this day, I keep waiting for the work to be "completed" with the Ave Maria. I love this, straight as it is!

[@user-AZ-phil]

​@floobix1If I said 86, would you believe me? Snicker!

[@seanpeace6421]

There was a brief snippet of this in the wizard of oz too.

[@alphabetlorefan2003]

Wait, this means you're 80+ years old?

[@brettsinger9565]

When you realize your deadline was today at 5pm.

[@fakename3440]

Relatable Google classroom meme

[@draganadc]

😁

[@darkshadowjoselynedelgadil8671]

this is literally the deadline for a work i have, today at 5pm XD

[@carolg6598]

Thank you for reminding me!

[@LittleWesternerProductions]

And it's 4:50

[@johncaudill9782]

His first name was Modest but his music was anything but.

[@horselessheadman1180]

i aint even gay, but i love you my dude

[@thememehead]

@@horselessheadman1180 your name made me do a double take

[@jestersareawesome4332]

You mean above modest right? (Just to make that clear, it was a joke)

[@zacfrancis6365]

Is this Modest Mouse?

[@neilpower60]

hearing this with a full live Orchestra must be mindblowing

[@somedude6587]

Neil Power We sight read it in class twice but we never played it in full which makes me sad

[@dammoreno2]

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.

[@catspajamas2961]

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.

[@emilychestney1230]

Neil Power I'm playing it with my county youth orchestra for the music for youth semi finals...(I'm on piccolo) and it's really fun, but fiendish!

[@deancopland8182]

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

[@drulik9929]

спасибо Мусоргскому за отличным сэмпл для величайшего композитора найнмайса!

[@mopozka]

я люблю бога

[@drulik9929]

ит жс ми н гад

[@lurdettt]

Мусоргский > кай > майс

[@fancy7777]

А Какой трек Майса????

[@lurdettt]

@@fancy7777 пока никакой, просто сниппет вышел с этим семплом, типо как плэйбойкарти сэмплировал Иоганна баха

[@semiramisbonaparte1627]

MUSIC LIKE THIS REALLY MAKES ME WISH LIFE CAME WITH BACKGROUND MUSIC

[@DacStudiosEntertainment]

Semiramis Bonaparte well if your trapped in a KZbin video I guess that could work...

[@pseudonymousbeing987]

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?

[@zueslover7706]

i love this epic ear candy but if it were my soundtrack of life I would be dead already ,thats an intense life ,am more a william tell lol

[@lilly3424]

OMG YES 😂

[@stevenmatross5360]

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.

[@fernandobocadillos]

People: Heavy metal is some creepy evil music. Mussorgsky: Hold my bottle.

[@Tar-Illir]

listen to grygory ligeti my dude

[@Nerdycottoncandy]

Well i actually found it through the black metal band called Marduk...they used a part of this song.

[@ARSVids]

Look up Mekong Delta's cover.

[@nurikkulanbaev3628]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3TQfYegmMukbKs&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

[@christophjanssen9324]

Heavy metal ain't. But some subgenres are.

[@YBPaladin]

When that fly you thought you killed was actually a bee that's still alive

[@3OrMoreBones]

You thought this was a bee? Son, that was the gang leader of a wasp tribe...

[@yoville73]

When you think you killed a fly but actually you pissed off a nest of wasps and they begin trying to sting you all over

[@AAARREUUUGHHHH]

Ayo protect bees they're heroes. Fuck wasps

[@studiodevelopers2467]

YBPaladin Good comment

[@smashmazing9515]

@@tifsa agree strongly

[@imperialgamer1667]

Mussorgsky is one of the greatest musicians of all time!

[@rqptr4051]

no

[@tovgmd]

​@@rqptr4051bro listented to too much Taylor Shit 💀

[@alexandreperreau9999]

Really man! Youre right❤

[@theirregular013]

This man accurately portrayed anxiety through music in the 1800's, incredible

[@christopherellis2663]

Nineteenth century

[@dauphinstudios2956]

@@christopherellis2663 so... in the 1800's?

[@wilpri]

Someone else likely portrayed it in the 200s and the 2000s BC.

[@nd5301]

очень точное определение!

[@HyperNova808]

@@christopherellis2663you’ll never believe me when I say this, we’re in the 21st century

[@Samuel_J_Russell]

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.

[@jimmyriddles]

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.

[@Samuel_J_Russell]

@@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!

[@jobracci4583]

👏👏👏 bravissimo

[@danielpincus221]

"La Mer" of Debussy. " The Rites of Spring" by Stravinsky B Minor Mass by Bach 8th and 9th Symohonies of Schubert.

[@TheAbsolutpirate]

I learned classical music by watching looney tunes.

[@kraneiathedancingdryad6333]

he looks totally unimpressed in the photo. Like "dude, are we done? I gotta get back to composing... " :D

[@thepotatoof4219]

He probably composed the song about how he felt when his portrait was being painted.

[@ncrranger1236]

"Dude are you done fucking taking that picture"

[@Killerbee4712]

I believe it is a drawing...

[@gabrielmontufar5238]

He knows his talents

[@Killerbee4712]

@@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

[@hdytyldz]

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 🙏🌙

[@djasladjasla4351]

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 ❤🎶🎵

[@hdytyldz]

@@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

[@LaurusHG]

I bet he never thought people would still be enjoying his work almost 200 years later.

[@Zamalshkay]

well no shit this genre is called classical for reason!!

[@assaulths897]

Laurus какой же ты тупой, боже

[@11DNA11]

Zamal Fuck classical. This is fucking heavy metal before heavy metal was invented.

[@ggt47]

Laurus... Yes...

[@colinohagerty3521]

Um, 100 years later. Mussorgsky is an early 20th century composer

[@gracemaina6566]

I came here for the music, but I stayed for the comments.

[@davidwise9897]

Yes, it seems this is the secret 'good' part of youtube comments. I'm impressed.

[@Acoz0r]

David Wise pretentiousness suits you *tips fedora*

[@davidwise9897]

@@Acoz0r Call me pretentious again and I'll torment you with bruckner. I'll enjoy it. You won't.

[@artema.]

Same though.

[@taylord5381]

@@davidwise9897 hey there. Big fan of your work. Especially donkey kong country.

[@moonbal]

this music makes me picture a mob of angry bald men up on a bald mountain with torches offering a man with full head of hair as a sacrifice

[@FTAVI1893]

***** That is utterly terrifing. I'm going to have a nightmare now where the Bald Men chase me for my long hair. Thanks lots.

[@FTAVI1893]

I Hope not!

[@williamgriebenow7907]

***** Sir, that is the best thing I have ever read.

[@viktorvega7465]

***** Made my night lmao

[@Madmindman]

***** I'll have what you're having m8

[@gongboy83]

"Honey, we need to talk"

[@damianperez2062]

💀💀💀💀

[@ledesmagabriel7104]

!

[@GabiN64]

reference?

[@DestroManiak]

i just find it funny how

[@Cre_Vic]

Terrifying but also VERY relatable... it's a phrase that will end in tragedy 😂

[@dylans.1741]

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

[@sodacan3711]

alpha move

[@eastonmackay3058]

@@sodacan3711 ?

[@stvk99]

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.

[@dylans.1741]

@@stvk99 I now realize that my information isn't entirely accurate. I got Mussorgsky confused with Paul Dukas

[@anonymeese]

he seems really...Modest

[@Bella_wella]

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

[@KasumiRINA]

" running from a nightmare that could not be described in words " Evacuation from Mariupol or Bakhmut?

[@wilpri]

The full-length version of The Scream.

[@Tori-s4b]

Спасибо и я горжусь что этот великий композитор мой соотечественник и он русский.

[@nd5301]

очень точное определение

[@lucasmita3058]

Thanks to the good old days of Disney im here

[@plottwist3364]

For me, this was the music the maths teachers listened to when making their tests for the next week.

[@wyattdesormeaux2616]

+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.

[@greekchimp1771]

Amen

[@MichaelF144]

+Bender B. Rodriguez AAAAAHHHHH! NOOO MATH!

[@paulleow8017]

very true

[@wernertuytens]

I use the ride of the valkyries for correcting physics exams. :-) But your suggesting is good, I have to prepare the exams, so I will listen to this.

[@beannut5336]

This is my ringtone for when my mom calls.

[@farahaaf3746]

hhahahahaha

[@magusl9628]

loooool

[@syolyah4356]

Interesting choice! My choice for when my mom rings was, "Ding Dong, the witch is dead, from The Wizard of Oz!"

[@beethovenlennon]

hahahaha...

[@Mr_Bunk]

Thank you, good sir.

[@livianegidius9772]

he had not any formal musical education. GENIUS.

[@СураСурина]

Очень много англоязычных комментариев! Спасибо вам братья, что слушаете русскую классику! Эта музыка - достояние всего человечества❤

[@rbk2745]

Yes!🇧🇷

[@whatisthisnewfeaturehandle]

La musique rassemble l'humanité ! ❤ 🇨🇦

[@mercedesmartin7970]

Rusia tiene extraordinarios compositores clásicos.. Sí es patrimonio de la humanidad ❤❤❤

[@ginabataille1796]

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.)

[@crg4183]

​Love To All Russian Composers .........🎉🎉🎉

[@yahshuashemuelnichols6551]

Any 1800 kid who had this on their iPods were the coolest in school

[@ent1064]

Lol

[@bastobasto4866]

I think any 1800 kids who had an iPods were the coolest in the school lmao

[@SevScout]

Hahahaaa

[@dragonball4ever2009]

Oh please, it was all about Airpods

[@krashd]

"Carruthers, you know the rules. No gramophone in class!"

[@AnibalPacaco]

What many don't realize is that this composition has an enormous wealth of Russian themes, chained together with great mastery in a single opus.

[@NewtonAlex-pj3cm]

May GOD Almighty always be before and after you,this month and beyond 🙏....

[@ИмяФамилия-е7р6и]

подтверждаю, сплетено примерно ноль русских тем

[@alymlon]

@@ИмяФамилия-е7р6ибрысь таракан…

[@jumatatuta2408]

​@@ИмяФамилия-е7р6иЯ тут даже Сказку о Царе Салтане слышу.

[@nickbeilschmidt411]

When you show your mom a pic on your phone and she starts swiping

[@alexanderryan-jones600]

Master-class. :)

[@MG-mh8xp]

accurate

[@holypain8152]

Amen🙏

[@francish6695]

When you tip your chair back to the point of no return

[@Maelstromaku]

I legit laughed at this 😂

[@fanbomzha]

скажи вайперр чтобы было больше просмотров

[@кириллмарков-ъ2г]

ХАХУЭКЭАХЫХУЭВХЫХ

[@bernardoknoppernisa3917]

Everyone talking about the opening of the piece but I think 7:40 is highly underrated, beautiful part of the piece

[@Nehesi]

7:40 Sounds like the end of a modern horror movie :).

[@diogenes2763]

Agree.

[@horselessheadman1180]

oh my God yes, absolutely breathtaking

[@lesleyhalkett5675]

Very true

[@guydelombard484]

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

[@macdermesser]

I love this piece! The sequence in Disney's original "Fantasia" does this brilliant tone poem visual justice and is genius in its own right.

[@amandacantu858]

I love Fantasia! I always think of it when I hear this. It's amazing!

[@xelldincht4251]

i think Bugs Bunny used Bald Mountain too in one episode

[@B1TCH35ANDWH0R3S]

Kingdom Hearts also uses this masterpiece

[@Simbala-bq5vy]

​@@xelldincht4251so did tom and jerry

[@tannerlion1994]

Kingdom Heart 1.5 game also use this theme to fight Chernabog Boss

[@lucatanzini2921]

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.

[@H33t3Speaks]

How did you come to learn this?

[@BadRussian77]

Cause Italy is so inspiring.

[@jonathanalanhurtado5094]

And favorite food was tacos

[@lucatanzini2921]

@@BadRussian77 and russian composer are great

[@lucatanzini2921]

@@H33t3Speaks It is only history

[@Peskyhooligan]

This is the perfect song to play when your parents are arguing

[@rubengamerboy9899]

Relatable :]

[@jonathanleal2633]

I played this for my dog... and dude... Its now a dog hearing good music.

[@Askold7kr]

That was pretty unexpectable.

[@johnsergei]

Probably frighten most dogs. Not as much as "BATH!" Dog slinks under the table.

[@DK19998]

Anti meme

[@oliviermarie5291]

I got to know what your dog thought...?

[@seldonwright4345]

@@johnsergei bath is dog abuse according to my dog

[@JSAPaik]

The most Russian of 'the Five' imo, some took a rather dim view of his orchestration and technique but it is what makes him unique, what you hear is his unvarnished, raw genius.

[@johnniejay]

Mussorgsky was the original metalhead.

[@threethrushes]

MFers forgot about Bach.

[@FirstNameLastName-oz5ij]

Bach and Vivaldi though

[@gilgameshthetreasurehunter2750]

Chernabog: We making it out of the daylight with this one.

[@nell_bell1596]

I want this to play at my funeral so that everyone just gets really unsettled and begins wondering if I'm gonna come back as Satan

[@dianalucic1611]

Helenlefab this is a witch sabbath so you might just

[@pamelam6343]

Play one of penderecki’s compsitions

[@MrFrozeninferno]

Hahahahahaha😂

[@directorkid3131]

Yeah, and then have Camille Saint's Dance Macbre and Bach's Toccata and Fugue play

[@carlosarniz7439]

Hahahahahaha

[@Celivechek]

1 mvt "Assembly of the witches" 1:39 (Сбор Ведьм) 2 mvt "Satan's journey" 2:41 (Поезд Сатаны) 3 mvt "Obscene praises of Satan" 3:09 (Слава Сатане) 4 mvt "Sabbath" 5:10 (Шабаш) ПОЖАЛУЙСТА!))

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

Спасибо 🙏🏻

[@danflisser5171]

yikes!

[@yolkthosenuts]

what about the rest of the song

[@kombofs8990]

спасибо

[@antoniosalazar1298]

@Iesach Arroz I feel sorry for you

[@nb5372]

This is what anxiety sounds like

[@ryanhaggett6626]

Accurate!

[@Unknown-hb3id]

Imo, Flight of the Bumblebees is my anxiety song. This feels more like an exciting story that you can visualize in your head.

[@p-y8210]

gaspard de la nuit's scarbo is anxiety itself

[@hipncool8036]

Stress*

[@Cara-May]

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 ._.

[@RandyJGJ]

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 😅

[@okamiamaterasu5445]

That moment in a video game when you're so close to winning but your health is low and it's taking you a long time to beat it

[@dangeroustoaster2688]

I got you... HEY do you mean that game where there are enemies of the darkness, and has a bat like figure that spams fire?

[@quintoncheckers3053]

+Okami Amaterasu nice.. I concur as a checker player.. this one rings true enough

[@quintoncheckers3053]

+DaBoogie Munsta (Boogie's shadow) yea ... and checkers.. hawt

[@tessabakker662]

+Okami Amaterasu "Please don't crit me now..."

[@TheDudeofRoblox]

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

[@c.e.stephens2009]

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.

[@gbonkers666]

Well, let's be honest, including Wagner they are the best.

[@megerber]

We did, too. We had a halftime show to it, too. Played bass clarinet

[@mikegates1559]

Walked into my final exam for Calc playing this on a bluetooth speaker. The teacher just laughed at me maniacally...

[@Thomas-qy3ox]

O.o

[@hahaeggplanet12]

+Ho-lee Fuk great idea though XD gute idee XD

[@messengercrow9791]

I think of Sleeping Beauty.

[@myrabush7370]

Your profile picture makes this comment even better

[@peggyfranzen6159]

So.?

[@am-ir2bx]

Why are people saying this is haunting or anxious to me this is so happy like they went on a really exciting dance on the mountain

[@javieralejandrofuentescali3822]

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" .

[@christosmalamas7526]

It 's because Russian composers were psychos!

[@gabysixx5078]

Puede ser "coven" o "witches' Sabbath"

[@Luiza2507_]

os americanos chamam de witches Sabbath

[@javieralejandrofuentescali3822]

@@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!!!!

[@javieralejandrofuentescali3822]

@@Luiza2507_ entonces es correcto llamarlo así, pensé que era algo mal dicho, muchas gracias!!!

[@tristanchisholm5857]

0:15 "Time to check your answers there are less than 10 minutes left everyone."

[@tristanchisholm5857]

0:40 "But I'm only on #6."

[@tristanchisholm5857]

1:12 "Than you better right fast young man. "Hahahaha Mwaahahhah"

[@tristanchisholm5857]

1:21-9:40 The inner workings of the mind of the test taker harmoniously accompanied by the fastest writing any mortal man or woman has ever conjured.

[@tristanchisholm5857]

6:20 "You have three minutes left"

[@tristanchisholm5857]

8:59 The realization and acceptance that the task required simply can not be done.

[@EmreKoseoglu-gc4cy]

I was born in İzmir, Turkey, in 1971. At age 7 I started primary school, (Ghazi). We had a lot of children of local Jewish and Catholic families in the class. Our music teacher (Zeki Bey) was a very old man. I later learned that he was the music teacher of my father too, many years ago. He was so old that he could barely see anything without his glasses. They were so thick that when he was carrying them you could never tell where he was looking at. He was fat, old, and could only move slowly. That one man, with his old age and health problems, took our entire class of 67 kids, each 8-9 years old; lectured us; led our families buy mandolins (no cheap instrument for these years to give a scool kid); he corrected the accords for each of us before the lesson, one by one; thaught us letters; thaught us how to play it; entire year, and organized a complete one and half hours long concert in the school hall in front of our families at the final week of the school. That one man, every third week took us to music room of the school, introduced piano, violin, cello, drums and many other instruments, in the first hour, and he also introduced us one classic music peace, playing the record from a turntable player. This was when I listened "A night in bald mountain" first time. I could never thank to Zeki Bey when he was alive. I am 53 now. I am sure that he is no more among the living, unless he could pass 150 years of age. It is strangely sad that I never thaught this way before, never recognized or appreciated the value of his work, his dedication to teach us art of music. How many times did I use the skills he helped to develop in me? Being able to sing a song properly, listening and appreciating a peace of art, sharing this feeling with friends, with my wife, with my daughter? I wish there was a way to thank him.

[@Luka_c123]

😂😂😂😂K

[@Adagio2009]

Music teachers can have such a wonderful and lasting influence on a child's life! They deserve a lot more recognition, but they are well loved by the pupils they have inspired. This was a touching tribute to your teacher.

[@alyssajones4368]

All I can say is that this phenomenal masterpiece goes perfectly with what the world is enduring at the moment.

[@eleSDSU]

It always has, that is kind of the point.

[@cristiandavidballen5678]

Still going perfectly #HelpForColombia.

[@Veldtian1]

As in enduring a monumental headf*ck based on absolutely nothing, counting Influenza deaths as something called the Coof.

[@EagleOneM1953]

More so a year later after you posted this. Afghanistan taken over by the Taliban because a senile old man in charge in the White House let it happen, a crisis at the border with thousands of illegals entering and spreading the Covid-=19 virus while we are told by the same old man's Dr. Fraud to continue wearing masks to stop the spread, a world anxiously watching what will happen next if Afghanistan was run over that easily without America intervening in less than a month...He was right about only one thing when he said 'Darker days are ahead'...we didn't know he was going to make sure of it...

[@oscar3eyes]

"And what rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Bethlehem to be born?" --Wm. Butler Yeats

[@Mike-nd6ox]

Rimsky Korsakov Master of Orchestration

[@zaelheimricht4978]

''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."*

[@EVAUnit4A]

Gods, if only Peter Jackson had used this for the Balrog in _The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring_ ...!

[@WaffleStomple]

Kingdom hearts?

[@raidenakajacktheripper5988]

I just fought that boss.

[@raidenakajacktheripper5988]

@@WaffleStomple Yup

[@kgrfirdjy]

I completely forgot the huge demon on top of bald mountain disney variants had a name. I loved the animation as a kid watching fantasia

[@chocolatier9597]

What a beautiful piece of music

[@chocolatier9597]

indeed

[@jessicawhitehead1659]

I love how powerful it is.🎵🎵🎵🎼

[@BenjaminGessel]

+Lea Vohn Beautiful? Uh.... Try freaking SCARY! :D

[@heinzthorvald4675]

+then00breaper why not?

[@heinzthorvald4675]

+Lea Vohn agree

[@concanavega2943]

When someone says classical music is boring, I play this and Dies Irae from Mozart's Requiem, just as examples of how wrong that statement is.

[@xpkryanx]

Concana Vega theres a few others, I would say dvoraks new world symphony 4th movement, and shostakovich quartet no. 8

[@MazeBeans]

I used to think classical music was boring, and while I still think that a lot of it is boring, there are a lot of gems like this.

[@xpkryanx]

@@MazeBeans no music composed by any of the greats has struck me as boring.

[@jackmagnan2529]

excellent choices, but i would swap the verdi requiem dies irae for the mozart, and remind them of all the cartoons of their youth that use classical music as inspiration..

[@xpkryanx]

@@jackmagnan2529 he never said Verdi?

[@francisadams-u9l]

Mussorgsky is one of my favorite composers. I can't get enough of his music.

[@kornelcajka5320]

Only 1860's kids will remember.

[@chlorekwodoru]

XD

[@sci-clops5307]

I respectfully disagree - only 1970's kids will remember. There was a popular disco song based on this. :) David Shire - Night On Disco Mountain

[@k-leb4671]

1930s kids would also remember this from Fantasia (although I think a lot of adults also watched Fantasia.

[@Furoyu]

Fantasia was still around when I grew up in the 90s. I watched it many times. I'll never forget this song.

[@krashd]

It'll be released again in 2064 as a drum & drum fuzzydub remix.

[@ticcitonnie]

my band teacher said we'll be playing this for Halloween I'm so excited

[@ticcitonnie]

***** it was awesome

[@fligemon]

+XNight ShadeX Glad it went well..........music is good stuff

[@markporter9912]

+XNight ShadeX I hope the performance went well ....

[@skeglar]

such a fun piece! my symphony played it back in 03. one of my favorites. we used a part of this piece for our chair test also.

[@xzaeox6397]

Tonnie Woods my school's marching band is playing part of it this year as part of our show.

[@DrinkWaterItsImportant]

When my friends tells me classical music isn't hardcore

[@giznoot]

They...are not friends.

[@Eagle_the_18th]

They lack culture

[@_Nohan_]

Show them music from Prokofiev.

[@2π-θ]

@@_Nohan_ Dance of the Knights.

[@davitdavid7165]

Show em flight of the bumblebee

[@irisblutreich3568]

Exciting! Filled with expectation, drama and wild reckless joy

[@realproreal]

Великий русский композитор, безграничный талант!

[@nd5301]

Это просто пиздец!

[@Tori-s4b]

Да. Это так❤

[@nd5301]

жаль, что спился((

[@YourFavTessa]

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.

[@bastymanguy]

It’s called: violinist, for women it’s violist

[@ninjadaer6183]

@@bastymanguy I think OP is referring to the 2 different instruments: viola and violin.

[@YourFavTessa]

​​@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.

[@jordenhilbink5543]

0:16 when you walk into class and realise you didn't complete the project or study for the test

[@Mariamm77]

Georgous

[@ilyolsen5299]

Or 1:14

[@gabrielkaz5250]

it's more like 0:00 u enter the classroom, u sit down, and 0:15 it's the teacher who comed to give u the test

[@FilmaticProductions]

Jorden Hilbink thats why I’m not going to class for the rest of the semester

[@seldonwright4345]

Or your fly it's open.

[@tutubism]

The OG Final Boss music/PTSD/schizo/traumacore piece

[@manonmars2009]

The afterburners to this music start at 0:16 and then begins to coast down at 7:20. We're talking 7 minutes of mind blowing, frenetic, electrified orchestral music that excites the senses. What a work of art!

[@michaelfazio7753]

when you find out theres no milk AFTER you pour the cereal

[@guy299]

+Michael Fazio Happens more than you would think.

[@tmab1769]

+Michael Fazio , OR there is milk but it has turned sour weeks ago!

[@RobertRodriguez-dt7ry]

Just pour the cereal back in the box.

[@facefullofcat101]

When you pour the milk into your cereal and realize it's spoiled

[@molebigboy]

+Benny Griswold when you crush up the cereal and rub it in your hair. then realise theres no salt!

[@Mr._POV_]

If there was a Villian in this world, this would be his morning anthem.

[@reddodeado301]

Chernabog?

[@Mary0Kule]

Try "Battle on the ice" by Prokofiev =)

[@oom5768]

This is pretty much meant to be Satans theme. The demon in fantasia represents Disneys version of the dark lord himself

[@threethrushes]

Bogdanoff

[@thedude3065]

his name is Satan

[@Adagio2009]

Such exciting, dark and mysterious music. No wonder it is so well loved by all, even those who don't usually appreciate classical music!

[@jeaglejj]

I'm not Russian, European, or anything close to it but Russian classical music is so fuckin awesome, cheers Russian people, raise your vodka I'll raise my tequila and toast to Mussorgsky!

[@valver8362]

Спасибо, брат! За твое здоровье! 😊

[@matteolongarini3739]

I remember when this came out it was a hit in the clubs people would jam to this all the time

[@forregom]

Yeah, what are kids doing in school nowadays? Using paper? Back then we used chalk boards like real men!

[@staudinga]

You're kidding, but there's "Night on Disco Mountain" kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2Oue5J-bbaFjMk

[@mariamargut7063]

Oh.. i miss the Ol' Times

[@s.yemchenko5010]

Sweet 1870s

[@aventurileluipetre]

@Jai Lona r/whoooosh

[@winglow7615]

There were so many outstanding Russian composers. And they were so innovative.

[@darkdragoon2002]

agreed. for example prokofiev's dance of knights

[@xpkryanx]

Russia and germany are the birthplaces for the greatest musicans

[@goodlife6277]

@@darkdragoon2002 Good taste...

[@aquanina61]

Dance of the sabers is one of my favorites

[@toddholmes4480]

I can't but be reminded of Disney's Fantasia and the visually stunning interpretation. Fun facts, the mountain turning into a demon was influenced by the German expressionist movie Faust. Beli Lugosi was the model for the demon's face.

[@danielconde13]

Funny thing, next to my village in Portugal we have precisely a Bald Mountain ( _Monte_ _Calvo_ , in Portuguese). Never met the Devil there... yet. Brilliant composition, never get tired listening to it.

[@alessandrogentile7744]

Have you been there on Saint John's night, good sir?

[@danielconde13]

@@alessandrogentile7744 bloody hell, no! 🤣 But funny thing, there's a lot of legends here in Portugal, related to the Muslim rule during the Reconquista, that say the same: at St. John's night, you can hear on certain spots, like castles and rocks, a traped Moor princess working with a spindle.

[@bizmasterTheSlav]

This composition is about the Bald Mountain in Kyiv, Ukraine.

[@jerolitotorres]

In spanish is the same hah

[@fedyakuritsyn8939]

Be careful right there))

[@8Todote8]

восхищаюсь! это художник в музыке! столько красок, оттенков, мазков... рисует звуком!

[@elementone9454]

муссоргский он самый крутой

[@warhouse634]

талантливый алкаш

[@nd5301]

@@warhouse634 Модест Мусоргский лежит в канаве с перепою, а мимо проходит Николай Римский-Корсаков, в смокинге и с бамбуковой тростью. Остановится Николай Римский-Корсаков, пощекочет Модеста своей тростью и говорит: "Вставай! Иди умойся, и садись дописывать свою божественную оперу "Хованщина"!" (В. Ерофеев. "Москва-петушки")

[@tavv_167]

Ok dada libune

[@SadieMae099]

in Slavic folk mythology related to witchcraft. According to legends, witches periodically gather on the bald mountain for their Sabbath

[@TerryUniGeezerPeterson]

Many of his compositions were "tweaked", "corrected" and reorchestrated from their original forms. Luckily, we still have most of the originals that we enjoy today.

[@tomitiustritus6672]

Expecially with the theme of this piece, the unhinged sound just fits like an arse on a bucket.

[@matthewdietzen6708]

What, you don't like Night on Disco Mountain?

[@TBONE_2004]

"Oh no! It's happening now! I'm becoming a withered old coot! AND I'M GETTING OLDER BY THE SECOND!! OH NO... I CAN FEEL IT!! *FALLEN ARCHES!!!*" "Hey, Ren... What's wrong with your skin?! It looks kinda baggy-saggy!" " *MY SKIN!!! IT'S LOST ALL IT'S ELASTICITY!!!* " "...Ohhh... too much cake... (belch)" "OH NO!!! LOOK, MY HANDS!!! *LIVER SPOOOOOOOOOOOTS!!!* MY EAR CANAL HAIR, GROWING... *AT A FANTASTIC RATE!!!!*" " HUMPH-...*HWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARF!!!*" " *QUICK, STIMPY!!! GET ME A MIRROR!!!* "

[@thegreatnorth9080]

What the hell is this?

[@TBONE_2004]

Ever watched Ren and Stimpy?

[@TBONE_2004]

Obviously, you've never watched Ren and Stimpy. I was merely quoting an episode.

[@TBONE_2004]

You couldn't help but feel bad for him. "You're 10 years old, Ren! ...That's *SEVENTY* in dog years!"

[@TBONE_2004]

+NapalmMan10 "Now listen, Cadet. I got a job for you. See this button? *DON'T TOUCH IT!!! IT'S THE HISTORY ERASER BUTTON, YOU FOOL!!!* "

[@jokinandsmokin423]

The influence metal took from this sort of thing is crazy and awesome. Metal and Classical who would of thunk it?

[@tusharmehra7272]

Well I suppose you don't get any hairy mountains

[@Zaeboshi]

mountains with trees on them?

[@JJJJJJJJJAAAAAA]

+Zaeboshi Trees are not Hair.

[@miramardream]

+Tushar Mehra Would that count as mountains with ice and snow?

[@f4iry4shes23]

+Tushar Mehra lol😂

[@Luciffrit]

+Tushar Mehra From memory it's a mistranslation. Like 99 Red Balloons.

[@80sdisco]

when the teacher passes back your test upside down

[@marcusfunchar7060]

Hahahaha relatable 😂

[@air6448]

Face down you mean

[@yangsun1612]

Lollllll felt that, it hurts 🤣😭😂

[@logic_exur7737]

And then you see 001 on the back side..

[@scottmccoy6383]

*heavy Sweating*

[@shotgunxshogun]

Whenever this plays I see a giant devil on top of the mountain looking down over the town he will soon envelope in terror! Fantasia had some epic shit!

[@Steffu]

Love Fantasia!

[@gwenyffyr]

I first heard (&saw) this at age 5 when Disney's movie Fantasia came out. Wow! Have loved the music from that picture ever since.

[@danorley5575]

An amazing time when music didn't need words to convey a story.

[@bear_trap107]

I remember the first classical song that I listened to was from Peter and the wolf

[@Kamikazeman1234]

It still doesn't - you just gotta search a bit harder

[@tcollins7081]

So right 👍

[@carlosvillalobos6477]

If you like a story you should check out Romeo and Juliet fantasy overture by Tchaikovsky

[@anthonytiburon8754]

What a worthy observation this is. 👏🏾💯

[@ashleyparsons2827]

Played this in a marching band field show, along with Carmina Burana. Absolutely Amazing!! Loved every minute ❤

[@caseyfaubion9785]

Dude that must have been hella fun

[@sebastiangomez5917]

One of the most magnanimus compusers in times of the best musicians of russian rommanticism, Sublime as Tchaikovsky, Such Stalwart as Rajmáninov.

[@ryanvrecic6181]

ill never forget this tune in one of the many hard stages of 'Earthworm Jim' for the Super Nintendo...haunting, and a haunting difficult level, with this long playing the entire time! Terror! haha . Awesome composition

[@PietroRumenta]

And they say Black Metal is scary and sinister.

[@DarkestFiction]

Black metal takes a lot from Classical, especially pieces like Night on Bald mountain. Just for the atmosphere and such! :)

[@pyotrilyichtchaikovsky222]

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

[@patsie00]

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

[@professordeportugadoyt113]

That was like the satanic metal from it's time!

[@esuna6352]

Emiliano Ramirez Indeed Very True!!!!!!!!!

[@DiseasedMoss]

I dropped my pencil. *_BUT IT'S JUST OUT OF REACH FROM WHERE I'M SITTING_*

[@feralbluee]

OMG - ROTFL :D

[@howiehowie7385]

So random but i laughed so much at that comment😊😊

[@howiehowie7385]

Sorry I'm 5 years late..i know you feel the way this piece sounds..haha

[@ronham12]

Chaos, destruction, panic, the intensity is exemplified all too well throughout this piece, truly magnificent!

[@ivanhenderson31]

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😊

[@djasladjasla4351]

Haha Disney, so before Disney you didn't know nothing? LOL

[@djasladjasla4351]

Advice, read more about compositors! Disney watch to educate kids.

[@armanderuni3628]

Always Inspiring, This is my ideological song. With this song , my spirit is always walking in the dark graveyard. I adore Mussorgsky and his masterpieces. Even also l am Rusophile.

[@susanaalmeida593]

If theirs an orchestral piece that can perfectly capture the feel of Halloween, it's this.

[@mechpilotviolet1478]

Naw in the hall of the mountain king I think is better for that

[@susanaalmeida593]

Spencer Prescher I consider myself an expert on Halloween music and although HOTMK is a good one I think Bald Mountain works even better since we had images of a giant devil commanding a legion of ghosts and demons permanently etched into our minds when we hear this song. Easily one of the greatest moments in Disney history as well.

[@potato1341]

+Susana Almeida Its true. You just get the feeling of some ungodly entity rising out of the ground. The music going faster and faster is your fear and uncertainty. It's awesome 😍

[@XragonX24]

I think another piece that's on par has to go to Camille Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre. Maybe more of the modern view and practices of Halloween, but I feel this child like playfulness every time I listen to Camille's work. He was wonderful at that. Camille and Disney would have made a great team! But these two pieces could be the perfect companion pieces to representing Halloween's past & present. As to it's future?... Who knows?

[@ДжекМиллер-ь9к]

Well, in Slavic countries it supposed to be associated with St.John's night, when the evil spirits are especially strong.