Night on Bald Mountain Night on Bald Mountain Night on Bald Mountain (), also known as Night on the Bare Mountain, is a series of compositions by Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881). Inspired by Russian literary works and legend, Mussorgsky composed a "musical picture", "St. John's Eve on Bald Mountain" () on the theme of a witches' sabbath occurring on St. John's Eve, which he completed on that very night, 23 June 1867. Together with Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov's "Sadko" (1867), it is one of the first tone poems by a Russian composer. Although Mussorgsky was proud of his youthful effort, his mentor, Miliy Balakirev, refused to perform
Smoke on the Mountain "Whispering Hope" it is inferred that June is flirting with the Rev. The family is excited to perform one of their signature "medleys". The family ends the night by quoting the titular bible verse/song, Psalm 104:32: "He who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke." Connie Ray and Alan Bailey issued two sequels to "Smoke on the Mountain." The story continues with the sequel, "Sanders Family Christmas," released in 1999 (with musical arrangements by John Foley and Gary Fagin). The setting is 1941 and the family has gathered together for a Christmas sing