Wednesday, February 17, 2010

night on bald mountain/2010 latest

the latest night on bald mountain, lately the revolution of the mountain, check it out
The Minot Symphony Orchestra's Family Concert on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. continues the "Myths and Legends" theme chosen by conductor Dennis Simons for this season's offerings. It might better be called "Fantasies and Histories."
"We begin with 'A Night on Bare Mountain,' " Simons said. "It's been called 'A Night on Bald Mountain,' but this title is from an older translation from the Russian, and I think it describes the feeling more accurately. The difference is between 'bald,' meaning having no trees, and 'bare,' which suggests a haunting emptiness."
The piece is a tone poem by Mussorgsky, designed to be dark, a witches' sabbath with deep subterranean sounds. The work became famous through its inclusion in the 1940 Disney movie "Fantasia," where the forces of darkness are finally overcome by the distant echo of the bells of a small church, and everything comes out all right in the end.

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