Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain" - Ludwig Symphony Orchestra. Maestro Thomas Ludwig conducting.

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  • Опубліковано 6 тра 2013
  • The Ludwig Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Thomas Ludwig, performs "Night on Bald Mountain" by Modest Mussorgsky at the Gwinnett Performing Arts Center on April 27, 2013.

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  • @arianna424
    @arianna424 2 роки тому +8

    My flute teacher if OBSESSED with this piece

  • @user-bl5lj1st2m
    @user-bl5lj1st2m 3 роки тому +65

    I hate everyone who says this is too slow; it is already wonderful

    • @ericjones1349
      @ericjones1349 2 роки тому +1

      It sounds better at 1.25 speed

    • @watermelonisgood2500
      @watermelonisgood2500 Рік тому +1

      The people saying it’s too slow are correct. In the movie Fantasia it’s supposed to be faster

    • @thegameranch5935
      @thegameranch5935 Рік тому +2

      @@watermelonisgood2500 its not “supposed” to be faster
      There are different interpretations

    • @cinemagraphymahivara2000
      @cinemagraphymahivara2000 Рік тому

      This is too slow...
      Even than at composers' scriabin orchesfra play

    • @JamesDavid-yt4ec
      @JamesDavid-yt4ec 9 місяців тому

      Too slow.

  • @TheJeeMan
    @TheJeeMan 10 років тому +131

    Listening to this on full volume, was certainly quite the experience, but also very, very frightening.

    • @Steffu
      @Steffu 9 років тому +13

      Gordon Campbell a very powerful piece of music and very frightening too, but at the same time beautiful

    • @guuspalmero
      @guuspalmero 3 роки тому +6

      I did that too and out of appreciation my neighbours threw a brick through my window so they could here the music better.

    • @gutturalbanshee72
      @gutturalbanshee72 3 роки тому +1

      You ain’t kidding.

    • @paulcoffey1784
      @paulcoffey1784 2 роки тому

      Try it on acid!

  • @DeathStrikeVirus
    @DeathStrikeVirus 4 роки тому +26

    The slower, more deliberate version of this with the more aggressive tempo switches is phenomenal!!

  • @ComedyJakob
    @ComedyJakob 6 років тому +81

    This is one of the most powerful pieces of music in my opinion.

  • @billskywatcher5286
    @billskywatcher5286 5 років тому +38

    What a joy to hear this piece played slowly and poignantly. If speed is your need there's always the Flight of the Bumblebee.

    • @montarcilioestrela1590
      @montarcilioestrela1590 Рік тому +1

      Nice idea.just you are so humorist and realy appreciate your joke.

    • @johnnynguyen5371
      @johnnynguyen5371 11 місяців тому

      You know what maybe it isn't that bad after all ☠️☠️☠️

    • @steveschein6935
      @steveschein6935 6 місяців тому

      Or perhaps the Sabre dance.

  • @Alice2177
    @Alice2177 9 років тому +23

    I'm playing this at the moment, its so much fun!!

    • @Adrian_Nel
      @Adrian_Nel 4 роки тому +4

      Beautiful music, yes

  • @sushifiggy
    @sushifiggy 3 роки тому +9

    I remember watching a live performance of it at Powell Symphony Orchestra way back in the 60’s in St Louis MO lol! I was in second grade learning how to play the cello and music students got to go listen to them 3 times during the school year. It was fantastic!

  • @wyattwagoner4457
    @wyattwagoner4457 8 років тому +52

    I will play in an orchestra like this one when I get older. FLUTE ROCKS!!!!!!!!! 🎼🎧🏆

  • @judithrobinson3723
    @judithrobinson3723 Рік тому +3

    We have had 4 days of wild thrashing wind and horizontal rain -- a perpetual Night on Bald Mountain -- and I just had to play this. I also forgot how I loved the music for the sunrise, the sun ALMOST seems to rise, then sinks back and tries again, and sinks back and at last it bursts forth in harp-blessed arpeggios. Wonderful! The day outside is still wild and tumultuous, but I wait for the serenity of the sunrise. Thank you for starting my day.

  • @lilredcutie0
    @lilredcutie0 2 роки тому +6

    I love the clarinet solo at the end of this piece.

  • @jnandreas
    @jnandreas 9 років тому +11

    This is intense.

  • @noemi1056
    @noemi1056 2 роки тому +3

    I’m in love with the trombone part

  •  5 років тому +7

    I am playing this piece right now in my youth orchestra, I play second bassoon and still enjoy it! That doesn't really happen that often because I play boring stuff. Before I only really liked playing Hungarian rhapsody no.2, it is nice to have another piece that is fun!

  • @takeshihiraoka5310
    @takeshihiraoka5310 6 років тому +9

    Even though this has been slowed down a little, it is still a wonderful masterpiece.

  • @jbap7777
    @jbap7777 8 років тому +309

    put the speed to 1.25 guys :)

  • @differous01
    @differous01 3 роки тому +7

    13:03 - 13:12 = a susserus: the performers pose, as if listening to their instruments whispering, until their motion breaks the spell holding back the applause. Music is magic.

  • @andreagnauck4982
    @andreagnauck4982 5 місяців тому

    BRAVO!! BRAVO!!! Loved this performance. Fantastic!!

  • @eduardorabelo5642
    @eduardorabelo5642 5 років тому +7

    This is fucking macabre. Master piece!!!!!!!!!!! Insana, arrepia!!!!

  • @CozyButcher
    @CozyButcher 2 роки тому

    absolutely beautiful. thank you for posting this.

  • @cebolenkosingcobo5122
    @cebolenkosingcobo5122 4 роки тому +3

    I love this piece it's quite epic

  • @donaldmccormack7580
    @donaldmccormack7580 2 роки тому

    Great title for such a deeply stirring piece of music. Thank you all.

  • @mattit7658
    @mattit7658 6 років тому +2

    I got to play bassoon part for this at our band concert!! This is amazing and fun!

  • @classy_dweller
    @classy_dweller 8 років тому +2

    A greatly soul-uplifting work !

  • @selbi182
    @selbi182 10 років тому +27

    Ever since I've discovered Fleshgod Apocalypse my opinion on classical music has drastically changed. Why do I always need something amazing to appreciate other amazing art?

    • @drummercrm
      @drummercrm 10 років тому +27

      Metal inherits a lot of classical qualities and themes. You've probably always liked it, you just didn't know

    • @schwarzerpeter9432
      @schwarzerpeter9432 10 років тому +1

      check out Mekong Delta´s version of this track ;)

    • @jamespeterson9646
      @jamespeterson9646 8 років тому +1

      marduk uses this intro and music fr the track glorification of the black god

  • @jennyfromtheblock5000
    @jennyfromtheblock5000 2 роки тому +3

    I cannot wait to see night on bald mountain next year at the Detroit symphony

  • @ostlandr
    @ostlandr 8 років тому +28

    "I don't always listen to Classical Music; but when I do, it sounds like this."

    • @kennapospisil8960
      @kennapospisil8960 5 років тому +2

      It's From the romantic era, not classical, but yes it is a great piece to listen to

  • @baron_shiro9877
    @baron_shiro9877 10 років тому +6

    This is going into my favorites.

  • @rwinger2481
    @rwinger2481 3 роки тому +3

    Herbert Stothart has used an orchestral arrangement of Mussorgsky's piano composition of Night On Bald Mountain in the incidental score for MGM's The Wizard of Oz. This plays during Dorothy's escape from the Wicked Witch's tower.

  • @Titanandenceladus
    @Titanandenceladus 4 роки тому +7

    I will say this, the concert D's after 8:50 were absolutely beautiful sounding

    • @keatonburton5636
      @keatonburton5636 2 роки тому +2

      Yes, but it's a shame there wasn't an *actual* bell in there.

  • @michael18276
    @michael18276 7 років тому +2

    fantastic recording

  • @billchambers1456
    @billchambers1456 8 років тому +94

    You all can chop my head off if you like, but I like this rendition! I personally think that the slow tempo reveals lines and phrases that are not heard when it is played fast. The orchestration is quite dense and it needs to be played slowly to hear all of the nuances in the piece. Your mileage will vary, of course, but I prefer "Bald Mountain" played at a slow tempo like this conductor did.
    One other point: The Ludvig Symphony Orchestra is not a world-class orchestra, so I cut them some slack that I would not give to the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Chicago Symnphony, or the New York Philharmonic. I don't demand perfect musicianship. If a piece is played well enough that I can enjoy it, I am content. And i enjoyed this rendition!

    • @anne-marie2838
      @anne-marie2838 8 років тому +13

      +Bill Chambers Totally agree. Never heard it played this slow and it's wonderful - darker and more creepy, as it should be!

    • @samuelfowler2305
      @samuelfowler2305 6 років тому

      I totaly agree with you!

    • @LeviPaladin
      @LeviPaladin 6 років тому

      I think maybe you have slow ears. I'm leaving Europe until all this head-chopping business is over.

    • @icefreak2272
      @icefreak2272 6 років тому

      i like it at 1.25 speed lol

    • @fuzzydunlop7928
      @fuzzydunlop7928 5 років тому +1

      UA-cam has taught me that the kind of people that listen to this, and are knowledgeable about it, often over-lap with the same kind of people who think they know everything and that their opinions are 'definitive'.

  • @Jurek9
    @Jurek9 8 років тому +4

    Beautiful. I like this music.

  • @snowwhite3606
    @snowwhite3606 3 роки тому +2

    Bravo!

  • @josealejandroguzmanreynoso5829
    @josealejandroguzmanreynoso5829 2 роки тому

    No hay nada mejor que la música clásica. Muy bonito.

  • @CHYRRUPINZAZ
    @CHYRRUPINZAZ 4 роки тому +3

    I met this melody in Mazinger Z Chapter 32. They used it as the theme for the first mechanical beast that managed to defeat Mazinger.

  • @krzem3532
    @krzem3532 5 років тому +7

    Mussorgsky was a genius...

  • @josealejandroguzmanreynoso5829
    @josealejandroguzmanreynoso5829 2 роки тому

    Excelente interpretación, felicitaciones a todos.

  • @karshatran7426
    @karshatran7426 2 роки тому

    this reflects my personality thanks

  • @jespertannerfalk4676
    @jespertannerfalk4676 9 років тому +9

    the very best version in my point of view. So beautiful and scarry at the same time :-)

    • @LeviPaladin
      @LeviPaladin 6 років тому +1

      The plastic surgeons must have hid the scars pretty well.

  • @alessandrobonati7815
    @alessandrobonati7815 3 роки тому +1

    I've played this on my balcony.
    After that i've summoned Chernabog on a mountain.

  • @shin-i-chikozima
    @shin-i-chikozima 2 роки тому

    I would not be ab to get a good night‘s sleep out of fear
    I will continue to have nightmares .
    My fear is unfathomable

  • @jamesscott1189
    @jamesscott1189 2 роки тому

    What ! creativity. ...!

  • @desaint-just1151
    @desaint-just1151 Рік тому

    magnifique

  • @majorclassics2512
    @majorclassics2512 6 років тому +1

    Please set speed to 1.5 for best playing quality.

  • @shuvanmalla2360
    @shuvanmalla2360 3 роки тому

    4 years ago!
    OMG peeps!

  • @purple-eyesgreydragon
    @purple-eyesgreydragon 3 роки тому +33

    They play a little slow, listen at 1.25 speed and it’s at a more accurate pace as the soundtrack.

    • @victormarroquin4410
      @victormarroquin4410 2 роки тому +1

      Listen Night on Disco Mountain of the Bee Gees😎

    • @daysund.3805
      @daysund.3805 2 роки тому

      Thanks. Hes right

    • @michaelvandusen8301
      @michaelvandusen8301 2 роки тому

      @@daysund.3805 p.

    • @tescherman3048
      @tescherman3048 2 роки тому +4

      The "soundtrack" or whatever you're calling it is irrelevant. This piece of music was composed 154 years ago and has nothing to do with any modern movie, let alone some random "soundtrack." There is NO definitive "soundtrack" to this music. And thus, no definitive way of portraying it. Orchestras and Conductors are free to play this piece any way they wish. Fast or slow. It's all good.

    • @keatonburton5636
      @keatonburton5636 2 роки тому +1

      It really works. At 1.25 speed it sounds so accurate to Fantasia's version.

  • @fubukifangirl
    @fubukifangirl 9 років тому +131

    I thought that poor harp player was never going to get a chance to play.

    • @fardareismai4495
      @fardareismai4495 4 роки тому +22

      Hey! I play the harp, and it is indeed a very small bit... But that has the benefit that you can enjoy the performance while being in the orchestra.

    • @rzyyusof
      @rzyyusof 3 роки тому +2

      i just learnd music ike just now

    • @arianna424
      @arianna424 2 роки тому +1

      Lol same

    • @bikecaptain8015
      @bikecaptain8015 Рік тому

      As a traps and hand percussionist, I feel her pain.
      "...aaaaaand. Now!"

  • @flowerpot400
    @flowerpot400 10 років тому

    I have to play this for band

  • @joshuamartinez1771
    @joshuamartinez1771 2 роки тому

    0:28 Mickey: “Oh boy, my favorite seat. Oh. Uh, excuse me. Do you mind?”

  • @mreverything2317
    @mreverything2317 10 років тому +8

    If you speed it up by 1.25 its the speed at which most bands play it; if you put it at 1.5 it's the speed they played in the actual Fantasia

    • @mjwhiteglove2723
      @mjwhiteglove2723 10 років тому +1

      How do you mess with the speed? I can't find that button...

    • @alyssacroacia
      @alyssacroacia 10 років тому +3

      Ok, good...I was looking for other comments where someone mentioned the speed. I think it's too slow, personally...but that's only because the first time I heard it was faster (and it's obviously the recording by which I judge all other performances, heh.)

    • @lonelyscarygirl
      @lonelyscarygirl 9 років тому

      Well while I agree on the 1.25, in the version of Fantasia I saw they played it was played like that, maybe you watched the 80's version? In that one they go as fast as in 1.5

    • @blueknightskeleton8424
      @blueknightskeleton8424 6 років тому

      Also like What the heck!? From Earthworm Jim

  • @DrMoorehen
    @DrMoorehen 5 років тому

    Ahhhh, gimme Saturday night fever

  • @kenfarron9631
    @kenfarron9631 5 років тому +3

    Bazelgoose introduced this to the world

  • @JuninhoTeixeira
    @JuninhoTeixeira 8 років тому

    que doideira

  • @lindawinchester272
    @lindawinchester272 4 роки тому

    My school did this!

  • @christinephillips5368
    @christinephillips5368 8 місяців тому +1

    Brilliant, evocative especially when lined up with The Devil calling everyone from their graves to Dance on All Hallows Eve -- 31/10.
    Banished for a year by All Saints Day 1/11....

  • @patrickwhatsittoyou8059
    @patrickwhatsittoyou8059 6 років тому +1

    Sounds like the metronome was set to 70-74. Either way, still love the music. Wonderfully performed.

  • @BFDIAmiYumiKNDFanatic2003
    @BFDIAmiYumiKNDFanatic2003 3 роки тому +1

    Nice

  • @GilmoreDon
    @GilmoreDon 7 років тому +3

    I enjoyed the music even though the tempo, at times, tended to be slower than what is common. The camera work was not as sharp as it could have been. Did they have a marked score in the control room?

    • @thepersonbehindthescreen9772
      @thepersonbehindthescreen9772 5 років тому +1

      I agree with the camera part, especially when they were trying to get everyone in the woodwinds section and missed a single person and the shakeynes of the camera there was weird

  • @bruceonlygoodvibes3639
    @bruceonlygoodvibes3639 3 роки тому

    intergalactic !

  • @girlgamer86
    @girlgamer86 4 роки тому +3

    Why in the heck would anybody put an advert in the middle!? It was glorious till that chimed in

  • @garyrodriguez4067
    @garyrodriguez4067 2 роки тому

    Night on Bald Mountain: starts playing
    Sora: floating in the darkness
    Chernobog: appears
    Sora: our fight will be legendary.

  • @patrickreilly2283
    @patrickreilly2283 4 роки тому

    Who remembers this ren and stimpy space madness

  • @victormarroquin4410
    @victormarroquin4410 2 роки тому

    Listen Night on Disco Mountain of the Bee Gees!!! 😎

  • @gustavosinclair7185
    @gustavosinclair7185 Рік тому

    The perfect soundtrack for a call cthullu movie, to play at most scary scenes

  • @Mrbodhisattva1
    @Mrbodhisattva1 3 роки тому

    Welcome to planet Heck!

  • @degraham9198
    @degraham9198 2 роки тому +1

    Dedicated to the
    people of Quora:
    Ride your branches,
    fly up high,
    evil in the midnight sky.
    Call your demons
    up from hell,
    rise in the cloudy,
    windy swell.
    Seek you all
    who dwell above,
    who treat with treachery,
    not with love.
    Harry them
    from place to place,
    across the moon's
    bright white face.
    Never resting,
    give no peace,
    miserable life
    without cease.
    Let them suffer
    from madness long,
    scant, cold comfort,
    death's final song.

  • @madarauchihasperfectsusano5844
    @madarauchihasperfectsusano5844 3 роки тому +1

    3:42 the conductor cuts a beat I believe

  • @tvmrepic
    @tvmrepic Рік тому +1

    So powerful, so evil, so... genius.

  • @messengercrow9791
    @messengercrow9791 7 років тому +1

    I remember Sleeping Beauty when I hear this.

  • @charlottehaberman665
    @charlottehaberman665 7 років тому

    i am missing the triangle.. or do I have this song mixed up with another.

  • @doinker81
    @doinker81 5 років тому

    This was in my freshman show lmao

  • @taylornovia8911
    @taylornovia8911 Рік тому

    That's boss

  • @BKDDY
    @BKDDY Рік тому

    I remember this song from a Commodore 64 game similar to King Kong/Godzilla

  • @binkbonkie2820
    @binkbonkie2820 6 років тому

    lol i like how when the harp does something it zooms in on her

  • @rzyyusof
    @rzyyusof 3 роки тому

    a crazy conductor

  • @alanmorr3635
    @alanmorr3635 8 років тому +7

    There not playing it too slow at all, this is a OK performance.

  • @ndngal75
    @ndngal75 3 роки тому

    OH MY GAWWWWDDD!!! FUUUUUUCK YEAAAAHHH!!!!! PUT EARBUDS IN.

  • @fooksengloke3625
    @fooksengloke3625 10 років тому +3

    The brass are very bright in this performance.

  • @aqpforce
    @aqpforce 3 роки тому

    Wise people, do u know the tonality of this piece?

  • @icefreak2272
    @icefreak2272 6 років тому +1

    im actually kinda jealous they get to play it this slow bc my orchestra is trying to kill our arms playing this at 120 or something

  • @Apscholle
    @Apscholle 3 роки тому

    Playing on 1.25x speed sounds..... More correct than regular for some reason

  • @StevenGauthier
    @StevenGauthier 5 років тому

    try speed at:1.50

  • @uolot
    @uolot 2 роки тому

    Intergalactic planetary planetary intergalactic

  • @victormarroquin2674
    @victormarroquin2674 Рік тому

    Ok But Listen Night on Disco Mountain !!! Magic Version

  • @alexandriaantonelli9927
    @alexandriaantonelli9927 6 років тому

    Dat brass tho

  • @heyitsjailin
    @heyitsjailin 9 років тому

    I thought it was a little loud at certain parts

  • @sninctbur3726
    @sninctbur3726 7 років тому

    That harp lady was spaced out for all those 14 minutes.

  • @user-nd9sb2mo7i
    @user-nd9sb2mo7i 3 роки тому

    1:50

  • @marvinmeeker5765
    @marvinmeeker5765 4 роки тому

    Not listening to a symphony with a commercial in the middle. I'll check the other choices.

  • @akumu1721
    @akumu1721 3 роки тому +2

    only 406k vues...people really loose the taste of musique day after days...

  • @cherrychung3579
    @cherrychung3579 6 місяців тому

    7:20

  • @rastgeleisler2987
    @rastgeleisler2987 3 роки тому

    İ see Chernabog Calling Ghosts From their Cemetery

  • @calumscott6696
    @calumscott6696 9 років тому +4

    I spy Trombone foot tapping, tut tut

    • @twigagawizard
      @twigagawizard 8 років тому

      +Calum Scott Damn... that's something they teach in middle school to not do.

    • @christopher4992
      @christopher4992 5 років тому

      That’s my private lessons teacher lmao

  • @jessicagomez1760
    @jessicagomez1760 4 роки тому +1

    THE. MOST. EPIC. EVIL. PIECE.
    QUE EVIL VILLAIN ENTRANCE!

    • @jzpatelut
      @jzpatelut 4 роки тому

      THANKS FOR VIDEO....JITEN PATEL GUJARAT INDIA....jzpatelut..

  •  7 років тому

    hay fair inize...

  • @dennis4298
    @dennis4298 10 років тому +1

    It's good , it's not exciting, and must be so hard to play, respect!.

  • @karayuschij
    @karayuschij 4 роки тому

    Is that a Jamaican orchestra?

  • @JamesDavid-yt4ec
    @JamesDavid-yt4ec 9 місяців тому

    Lou see i'm ohme da' ...

  • @ramonrojas7813
    @ramonrojas7813 11 років тому

    for this song you need at least 5 tubas playing 2 octaves down ..during the impact after the build up