Mussorgsky's Exhibition
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Written for piano over a mere twenty day period, Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" didn't see publication until five years after the composer's death. Since that time, it's been arranged and re-arranged for everything from Classical Orchestra (fourteen times) to Classic Rock Ensemble (Emerson, Lake and Palmer). We'll hear it as Mussorgsky originally imagined it, however, with pianist Alfred Brendel.
Also tonight, two very different birthdays to celebrate: that of monarch and part-time composer Henry VIII (in 1491) and Broadway musical icon Richard Rodgers (in 1902). We'll hear one of King Henry's pastoral songs, "Grene growith the holy" from the Isaak Ensemble; John Mauceri conducts the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra in Rodger's "Carousel Waltz."
Also tonight, two very different birthdays to celebrate: that of monarch and part-time composer Henry VIII (in 1491) and Broadway musical icon Richard Rodgers (in 1902). We'll hear one of King Henry's pastoral songs, "Grene growith the holy" from the Isaak Ensemble; John Mauceri conducts the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra in Rodger's "Carousel Waltz."
