Night on Bald Mountain
This guide follows Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain “arr. Rimsky-Korsakov, 1886” (1886) in one part (sonata form).
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The plunges straight into the night, with whirling figures and harsh calls for the gathering spirits; in the printed programme the appearance of Chernobog and his glorification follow. The drives the sabbath to wilder heights, and the brings the opening material back. In the the frenzy breaks off: a church bell tolls, the demons scatter, and a calm dawn follows, with quiet woodwind solos and rippling flute runs over soft strings and the piece ends quietly.
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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