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Dream of a Witches' Sabbath - Berlioz - Violin and Piano
Convinced that his love is unappreciated, the artist poisons himself with opium. The dose of narcotic, while too weak to cause his death, plunges him into a heavy sleep accompanied by the strangest of visions......
He sees himself at a witches’ sabbath, in the midst of a hideous gathering of shades, sorcerers and monsters of every kind who have come together for his funeral. Strange sounds, groans, outbursts of laughter; distant shouts which seem to be answered by more shouts. The beloved melody appears once more, but has now lost its noble and shy character; it is now no more than a vulgar dance tune, trivial and grotesque: it is she who is coming to the sabbath ... Roar of delight at her arrival ... She joins the diabolical orgy ... The funeral knell tolls, burlesque parody of the Dies irae, the dance of the witches. The dance of the witches combined with the Dies irae.
Remember to take your prescribed laudanum for the full effect!
antiup on the piano and I on the violin, as usual. Sorry for the odd start and cut-off at the end, there was a slight mishap in the recording, if it's too jarring for your ears I'll try to re-record it.
I hope you enjoy it, this is one of my favourite pieces~
He sees himself at a witches’ sabbath, in the midst of a hideous gathering of shades, sorcerers and monsters of every kind who have come together for his funeral. Strange sounds, groans, outbursts of laughter; distant shouts which seem to be answered by more shouts. The beloved melody appears once more, but has now lost its noble and shy character; it is now no more than a vulgar dance tune, trivial and grotesque: it is she who is coming to the sabbath ... Roar of delight at her arrival ... She joins the diabolical orgy ... The funeral knell tolls, burlesque parody of the Dies irae, the dance of the witches. The dance of the witches combined with the Dies irae.
Remember to take your prescribed laudanum for the full effect!
antiup on the piano and I on the violin, as usual. Sorry for the odd start and cut-off at the end, there was a slight mishap in the recording, if it's too jarring for your ears I'll try to re-record it.
I hope you enjoy it, this is one of my favourite pieces~
Category Music / Classical
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 117 x 120px
File Size 9.66 MB
A deliberate overdose of opium given in desperation to the victim of an epidemic, sends him dreaming into an End of the World scenario. Fantastic architecture, then the oceans devouring all the land until ancient cities like Boston & London are unearthed from geologic strata .Then the oceans pour into a rift through the stricken planet to reach the core ! The resultant explosion obliterates the earth and sends the dreamer's soul back to his body. This was an early Lovecraft effort and was given the title of "The Crawling Chaos". a name also used in "The Green Meadow" and finally bestowed on Nyarlathotep, Lovecraft's most insidious and dangerous god.
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