This work was adapted into an intermezzo for The Sorochyntsi Fair but was originally written as incidental music for a Mengden play called Ved'ma.
This work was adapted into an intermezzo for The Sorochyntsi Fair but was originally written as incidental music for a Mengden play called Ved'ma. It opens with a distinctive motive in the violins, and this piece, which is most played in an arrangement by Rimsky-Korsakoff, closes with a melody punctuated by harp and bells that represent the rise of the sun. Its composer, who is also known for Boris Gudonov, completed this tone poem on the night on which the depicted event is purported to have taken place, St. John's. For 10 points, what is this composition, a work about a gathering of witches by Modest Mussorgsky?
This work was adapted into an intermezzo for The Sorochyntsi Fair but was originally written as incidental music for a Mengden play called Ved'ma.
St. John's {Night} on {Bald Mountain} or St. John's {Night} on the {Bare Mountain}