Cris Derksen

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Composer and cellist Cris Derksen talks about Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain, braiding her Cree and Mennonite ancestry, and how her dog might be a witch. 

 

Useful links:

Spotify playlist for Cris’s pieces  

Spotify playlist for main pieces 

Spotify playlist for final question pieces 

 

Other useful links:

Modest Mussorgsky 

Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain  

Youtube video of the Night on Bald Mountain bit in the Disney Fantasia movie from 1940

Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition  

What is a Powwow 

Eybler String Quartet 

 

Support Cris:

Cris’s website: https://www.crisderksen.com/

Facebook: @cris.derksen

Instagram: @cris_derksen 

Cris Derksen on Spotify 

Cris Derksen on Youtube 

 

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