Songe d’une nuit de sabbat

Jacques de Gheyn der Jüngere: Sabbat et cuisine de sorcières, um 1700 - Hexensabbat und Hexenküche - (Brüssel, Bibl. Royale, Estampes)

In addition to the witches’ sabbath finale of Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, we look at three other works which share its eschatological vision: Dallapiccola’s Songs of Imprisonment; Liszt’s Death Dance and the last movement of Rachmaninoff’s final work, the Symphonic Dances.

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