Okay, I’m back from the Bald Mountain, little the worse for wear. I watched “Fantasia” last night for St. John Eve, and found it interesting that Deems Taylor, in introducing “A Night on Bald Mountain,” mentioned that the setting is Walpurgis Night. Mussorgsky speficies St. John’s Eve. Then, that’s not the only thing Disney ever got wrong. Great flick, though!
Following on the heels of St. John’s Eve, of course, is the Feast Day of St. John. Here is Lara St. John, making a feast of Johann Sebastian Bach.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCIHIjFG_i8
And what the heck, here she is with Polkastra, her polka band, to perform “The Kosher Chicken Dance.”
