Mussorgsky: Night On Bald Mountain (excerpt)

Night On Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky was composed around the theme of a Witches' Sabbath occurring on St. John's Eve, which Mussorgsky completed on that very night, 23 June 1867.

Mussorgsky's mentor, Mily Balakirev refused to perform the piece, so in an attempt to salvage the piece, Mussorgsky inserted the Bald Music into two other projects - An Opera Ballet titled Mlada (1872), and the Opers The Fair at Sorochyntsi (1880). However, Night on Bald Mountain was never performed in any form during Mussorgsky's lifetime.

It is through Rimsky-Korsakov's version that Night on Bald Mountain achieved lasting fame. Premiering in Saint Petersburg in 1886, the work became a concert favourite. Half a century later, the work obtained perhaps its greatest exposure through the Walt Disney animated film Fantasia (1940)

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