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PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION CONCERT QUICK GUIDE Sunday, January 27, 2019 at 4 PM Peter Norton Symphony Space Performance #111: Season 4, Concert 17 Peter Jay Sharp Theatre Zachary Schwartzman, conductor The concert will last approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes Brief remarks by Regina Brady, oboe ANATOLY LYADOV Born: 5/11/1855 in St. Petersburg, Russia Died: 8/28/1914 at age 59 in Polinovka, Borovichi, Russia THE ENCHANTED LAKE 6 min Written Premiered 1909, at age 53 2/21/1909 in St. Petersburg Nikolai Tcherepnin, conductor Brief remarks by Denis Savelyev, flute IGOR STRAVINSKY Born: 6/17/1882 in Lomonosov, Russia Died: 4/6/1971 at age 88 in New York City THE FIREBIRD SUITE 32 min Written Movements 1909–10, at age 27 Introduction—Prelude and Dance of the Suite arranged in 1945 Firebird—Variations (Firebird) Pantomime I Ballet Premiered Pas de deux (Firebird and Ivan Tsarevich) 6/25/1910 in Paris Pantomime II Ballets Russes at Paris Opéra Scherzo (Dance of the Princesses) Gabriel Pierné, conductor Pantomime III Rondo (Khorovod) Suite Premiered Infernal Dance 10/24/1945 at the Metropolitan Opera House Lullaby (Firebird) in New York City Final Hymn no pause between movements Turn over for more info Brief remarks by Emily Melendes, harp MAURICE RAVEL Born: 3/7/1875 in Ciboure, near St-Jean-de-Luz, Basses-Pyrénées, France Died: 12/28/1937 at age 62 in Paris LA VALSE 13 min Written Orchestral Version Premiered 1919–20, at age 44 12/12/1920 in Paris Lamoureux Orchestra Two-Piano Version Premiered Camille Chevillard, conductor 10/23/1920 at the Kleiner Konzerthaussaal in Vienna at a concert of Arnold Schoenberg’s Society for Private Musical Performances Ravel and Alfredo Casella, piano 20 min INTERMISSION Meet & greet Share a photo Refreshments some of the musicians @TheOrchNow available in the West Gallery at the back of the theatre #TheOrchNow or at Bar Thalia on the lower level WiFi: Sharp Guest Restrooms located at the back of the theatre. Brief remarks by William Kaufman, percussion MODEST MUSSORGSKY Born: 3/21/1839 in Toropets, Russia Died: 3/28/1881 at age 42 in St. Petersburg, Russia PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION 33 min Written Movements For piano in 1874, at age 35, inspired by Promenade images by Viktor Hartmann The Gnome Arranged for orchestra by Ravel in 1922 Promenade The Old Castle Ravel Arrangement Premiered Promenade 10/19/1922 at the Paris Opera Tuileries Serge Koussevitzky, conductor Bydło (Polish Ox-Cart) Promenade Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle The Marketplace at Limoges Catacombs: Roman Burial Place With the Dead in a Dead Language The Hut on Chicken Feet (Baby-Yaga) The Great Gate of Kiev All timings are approximate. VISIT US AT FOLLOW US Text TON to 33233 THEORCHESTRANOW.ORG @TheOrchNow for email updates Artwork by Khoa Doan | Concert Quick Guide design by Nelson Yan.

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Lunch Lecture Inter-Actief will start at 12:50 ;lkj;lkj;lkj Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestration: Maurice Ravel) Klaas Sikkel Münchner PhilharmonikerInter-Actief lunch conducted lecture, 15 Dec 2020 by Valery Gergiev 1 Pictures at an Exhibition and the Music of the Mighty Handful Inter-Actief Lunch Lecture 15 December 2020 Klaas Sikkel Muziekbank Enschede For Spotify playlist and more info see my UT home page (google “Klaas Sikkel”) Purpose of this lecture • Tell an entertaining story about a fragment of musical history • (hopefully) make you aware that classical music isn’t as boring as you thought, (possibly) raise some interest in this kind of music • Not a goal: make you a customer of the Muziekbank (instead, check out the Spotify playlist) Klaas Sikkel Inter-Actief lunch lecture, 15 Dec 2020 3 Classical Music in Russia around 1860 Two persons have contributed greatly to professionalization and practice of Classical Music in Russia: • Anton Rubinstein (composer, conductor, pianist) 4 Klaas Sikkel Inter-Actief lunch lecture, 15 Dec 2020 Classical Music in Russia around 1860 Two persons have contributed greatly to professionalization and practice of Classical Music in Russia: • Anton Rubinstein (composer, conductor, pianist) • Grand Duchess Yelena Pavlovna (aunt of Tsar Alexander II, patroness) 5 Klaas Sikkel Inter-Actief lunch lecture, 15 Dec 2020 Classical Music in 1859 Russia around 1860 Founding of the Two persons have contributed Russian greatly to professionalization and Musical Society practice of Classical
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Dda25100 Booklet.Indd 1-2 2/6/11 18:04:20 Russian Piano Music Series, Vol
dda 25100 ℗ 2011 Anthony Goldstone © 2011 Diversions, LLC All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplicati on or performance is a violati on of the owner’s rights and of all applicable laws. Made in the USA dda25100 Booklet.indd 1-2 2/6/11 18:04:20 Russian Piano Music Series, vol. 8: Modest Mussorgsky Vol. 5: Anton Arensky Anthony Goldstone Fabulous little-known miniatures with Romantic fire, passion Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) ¶ = first recording § = possible first recording and beauty [1] Hopak [or Gopak] (earlier version) § 1.41 dda25085 [2] On the Southern Shore of the Crimea (Gurzuf) 4.32 [3] Ein Kinderscherz (later version) 2.42 From Memories of Childhood [2.56] Vol. 6: Sergei Rachmaninov [4] Nurse and I 1.23 Sergei Dukachev [5] First Punishment: Nurse Shuts Me in a Dark Room (completed by A. Goldstone) ¶ 1.33 The rarely heard Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Preludes, [6] In the Village 4.06 Etudes and the Second Sonata Pictures from an Exhibition, performed from the composer’s manuscript [35.06] dda25095 [7] Promenade 1.28 [8] No. 1 Gnomus 2.30 [9] [Promenade] 0.55 [10] No. 2 Il vecchio castello 4.22 Vol. 7: Sergei Prokofiev [11] [Promenade] 0.29 Sergei Dukachev [12] No. 3 Tuileries (Dispute d’enfants après jeux) 1.08 The 2nd and 7th Sonatas and several gems from the composer’s [13] No. 4 Bydło 3.30 early and later periods in acclaimed live performances [14] [Promenade] 0.39 [15] No. 5 Ballet of Unhatched Chicks 1.14 dda25096 [16] No. 6 Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuÿle 2.26 [17] Promenade 1.28 The divine art family of labels [18] No.
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Thursday Lunchtime Concerts Located at the First Universalist Church, Corner of South Clinton and Court Streets Each Concert Begins at 12:15 P.M
Spring 2018 Thursday Lunchtime Concerts Located at the First Universalist Church, corner of South Clinton and Court Streets Each concert begins at 12:15 p.m. and ends at approximately 12:45 p.m. Free admission March 22 Saine’s Serenading Singers Join us for a colorful selection of Songs from the Operetta Stage. Die Fledermaus, Phantom of the Opera, The Merry Widow, and The Student Prince. Featured singers will include: Shaya Greathouse, James Taylor, Jessica Kaufman, Cobi Tadros, Connor Oliver, Abigail Sheahen, Isabel Hartzell, Caroline West, and Michael D’arcangelo. March 29 Voices of Spring: Wind Chamber Music Inspired by Nature Come and hear the Kalon Winds (woodwind quintet) and Trio Pastorale (flute, horn, piano) performing music of Nielsen and Ewazen. April 5 Journey from Vienna to Moscow Pianist Yuyang Xie, from the studio of ESM professor Alan Chow, performs the program that will traverse music by the Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn, Polish composer Frédéric Chopin, and finally the Russian composer Nikolai Kapustin. April 12 “A Time to Remember…” Spend an afternoon with a preview of Eastman’s Holocaust Remembrance Concert. Works by Jewish composers who died in or survived the atrocities of World War II will be performed by Eastman School of Music faculty and students in a concert to mark Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) on Sunday, April 15 at 7:30 pm in Kilbourn Hall. April 19 Pictures at an Exhibition Pianist Yilin Liu, from the studio of ESM professor Alan Chow, gives a complete performance of Modest Mussorgsky’s great masterwork “Pictures at an Exhibition”.
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Pictures at an Exhibition
Pictures at an Exhibition with works by Borodin and Mozart Lawrence University Symphony Orchestra Mark Dupere, conductor Faculty guest artists: Howard Niblock, oboe • David Bell, clarinet James DeCorsey, horn • Carl Rath, bassoon Friday, June 1, 2018 8:00 p.m. Lawrence Memorial Chapel Polovtsian Dances from “Prince Igor” Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds, K. 297b Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart I. Allegro (1756-1791) Howard Niblock, oboe David Bell, clarinet James DeCorsey, horn Carl Rath, bassoon INTERMISSION Pictures at an Exhibition Modest Mussorgsky Promenade (1839-1881) 1. The Gnome orch. Maurice Ravel Promenade 2. The Old Castle Promenade 3. The Tuileries 4. Bydło Promenade 5. Ballet of Chicks in their Shells 6. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle 7. The Marketplace in Limoges 8. The Catacombs Cum mortuis in lingua mortua [Promenade] 9. The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba-Yaga) 10. The Great Gate of Kiev Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor Alexander Borodin Born: November 12, 1833, St. Petersburg, Russia Died: February 27, 1887, St. Petersburg, Russia Composed: 1869-1875 Completed by: Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov Premiered: 1879; and in Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg on November 16, 1890 (Premiere of Prince Igor) Duration: c. 12 minutes Orchestration: two flutes (piccolo), two oboes, English Horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (triangle, tambourine, snare drum, cymbals, bass drum, bells), harp and strings Born in 1833 in St. Petersburg, Russia, Alexander Borodin was a member of the “Mighty Handful” of 19th Century Russian composers that also included Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Modest Mussorgsky.
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New Directions in Russian Orthodox Church Architecture at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences 1 (2016 9) 5-40 ~ ~ ~ УДК 7.033:726 New Directions in Russian Orthodox Church Architecture at the beginning of the Twentieth Century William Craft Brumfield* Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Received 24.10.2015, received in revised form 16.11.2015, accepted 28.12.2015 At the beginning of the 20th century certain influential voices in Russian architecture began to question the highly ornamental approach to church design that had reigned during the latter half of the 19th century. In the opinion of these architect-critics, the so-called Ostankinshchina style (named after the late 17th-century Church of the Trinity at Ostankino) seemed to deform the aesthetic purity of medieval Russian church architecture, even as it lessened the spiritual meaning of the church itself. In response, a number of architects, such as Aleksei Shchusev and Vladimir Pokrovskii, explored new paths in church design by combining a study of early medieval Russian forms with new technological methods. Keywords: Russian church architecture, style moderne, “Ostankinshchina”, Abramtsevo, Viktor Vasnetsov, Fedor Shekhtel, Aleksei Shchusev, Vladimir Pokrovskii. DOI: 10.17516/1997-1370-2016-9-1-5-40. Research area: culture studies. The Russian artistic revival at the turn of period there also occurred a renascence in church the century is best known for its effect on secular architecture that combined the plasticity of the culture in painting, music, and literature. Equally new style and its use of advanced construction a part of the cultural life of the period was an techniques with a rediscovery of the structural architectural movement known as the “new style,” and decorative principles of medieval Russian or the “style moderne,” which played a major religious architecture.
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Your Pictures at an Exhibition
Your Pictures at an Exhibition A Collection of Integrated Lessons for Grades 3-6 Centered on the Themes and Styles of Music in Preparation for The Memphis Symphony Orchestra Young People’s Concert #2 February 8, 2006 A Partnership of The Memphis Symphony Orchestra and Memphis City Schools Memphis City Schools Dr. Carol R. Johnson Superintendent Dr. Alfred Hall Interim Associate Superintendent Curriculum and Instruction Karen Gephart Orff Music Supervisor Gregg A. Coats Visual Art and Theatre Coordinator Memphis Symphony Orchestra Maestro David Loebel Music Director and Conductor Vincent Danner Assistant Conductor Ryan Fleur Executive Director Susan Rice Education Director Special Thanks Julia Ormiston Fine Arts Consultant Terry Starr Bruce Elementary School Susan Van Dyck Campus School 1 Your Pictures at an Exhibition MEMPHIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Young People's Concert #2 February 8, 2006 10:00 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. Cannon Center for the Performing Arts David Loebel Conductor Pictures at an Exhibition ................................... Modest Mussorgsky/arr. Ravel • Promenade ................................................................................. Strolling from one picture to the next • Gnomus ............................................ A child’s toy for use at Christmastime, in the shape of a gnome • Promenade • The Old Castle • Promenade • Tuileries .................................................... Paris park and gardens teaming with children and nurses • Bydlo ............................................................
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Pictures from an Exhibition Are Often Played Individually, Especially for School-Age Children
REFLECT TEACHER’S RESPOND GUIDE REMIX FROM AN A Guide to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra School Concerts celebrating 100 years of the cso’s concert series for children 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter from the Negaunee Music Institute Staff 2 Program Information 3 Lesson 1: Picture This 5 Lesson 2: A Closer Look 10 Lesson 3: Making Connections 15 Post-Concert Reflection 17 Artist and Composer History 19 Acknowledgments 21 Teach Teacher’s Guide Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1 Dear Teacher, Welcome to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s 2018/19 School Concert season – celebrating the 100th season of the CSO’s concert series for children. Each concert this season has explored the origins of great music, what that music means to listeners in the 21st century and how composers, musicians and audiences build music’s future. In this document, you will find three easily executed lesson plans for a classroom or music teacher, plus a reflection page to complete after you have attended the concert. The intent of this curriculum is to engage and guide students to listen for specific things in each piece of music. Our hope is that these plans will serve as an important resource leading into your day at Symphony Center. Like Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker and Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals, different movements of Mussorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition are often played individually, especially for school-age children. You may notice that all of the odd-numbered movements are faster than the even-numbered movements, and that the Promenade theme seems to become a part of the paintings in the last three movements.
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A RUSSIAN AFFAIR Friday 27 May 6Pm, Salon Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre
Aaron Liu A RUSSIAN AFFAIR Friday 27 May 6pm, Salon Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre ARTIST Aaron Liu, piano PROGRAM Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Variations on an Original Theme, Op.19, No.6 Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857) and Mily Balakirev (1837-1910) Skylark Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) Pictures at an Exhibition I The Gnome II The Old Castle III Tuileries IV Cattle V The Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks in their Shells VI Samuel Goldenberg and Schuÿle VII The Market at Limoges VIII Catacombs IX The Hut on Fowl’s Legs X The Great Gate of Kiev ABOUT THE MUSIC Skylark, otherwise known as L’Alouette was originally No. 10 of a group of twelve songs that Mikhail Glinka composed in 1840. They were titled ‘Farewell to St. Petersburg’. Not only was Mily Balakirev great friends with Glinka, but he was also greatly influenced by the composer. Of the compositions Balakirev paraphrased, Skylark is unequivocally his most famous with its extraordinarily beautiful yet intrinsically sad melody. Whilst teaching at the Moscow Conservatory in 1873, Tchaikovsky completed a collection of six pieces titled, Six Morceaux, Op.19. The last of those six is the ‘Variations on an Original Theme’ in F major. A set of twelve variations, the piece itself is quite compact. Predominantly noteworthy is the eleventh variation which Tchaikovsky titles Alla Schumann, paying homage to one of his favourite composers. Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition is nothing short of exciting. Regarded as the composer’s most famous piano work, it has influenced many different orchestrations and arrangements of the piece by other composers.
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Notes from Music Director, Miguel Harth-Bedoya NOTES from MUSIC DIRECTOR MIGUEL HARTH-BEDOYA
Notes From Music Director, Miguel Harth-Bedoya NOTES FROM MUSIC DIRECTOR MIGUEL HARTH-BEDOYA Mussorgsky’s compositions have been criticized for being hopelessly crude and amateurish, and that he lacked technique and refinement as a composer. I personally Over the last several years at find his music haunting and engaging. Pictures at an Exhibition is one of his works the artistic helm of the FWSO, that appeals to the imagination of the listener. In this orchestration, we “see” the I have identified works that pictures through the eyes of Sergei Gorchakov, who chose to maintain the so-called portray the Fort Worth Symphony “wrong notes and rhythms” from the original piano score, as well as including all the Orchestra and its members at movements (some orchestral versions don’t present all movements). I honored his their best performance level, and choice and left everything as it appears in the score. Perhaps this is a more Russian at the same time create an original orchestration than others. I am just taken away by its magic. and attractive CD album. This To me, the music from the ballet Cinderella, op. 87 is one of the most beautiful recording of Mussorgsky’s Pictures and expressive works that Prokofiev composed. Even though he published three at an Exhibition (arr. Gorchakov) different suites (op.107-109), they don’t quite tell the story in concert version. and Prokofiev’s Cinderella, op. 87 Therefore, I selected movements from the original ballet score to recreate the tale was made during live concerts this of Cinderella in chronological order.
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PICTURES EXHIBITION FEDERICO COLLI Piano
PICTURES EXHIBITION FEDERICO COLLI piano BEETHOVEN SCRIABIN MUSSORGSKY TRACK LISTING FOREWORD The production of this, my first album, after winning The Leeds International Piano LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 –1827) Competition in 2012, was truly an exciting experience. For this special occasion, I SONATA NO.23 IN F MINOR OP.57 ‘APPASSIONATA’ decided to record some real masterpieces of the piano repertoire. They are very mature 1 Allegro assai 10’05 works that I have grown up with, which trace my musical and human development over 2 Andante con moto 06’23 3 Allegro ma non troppo – Presto 06’23 the past few years. It is through this music that I am able to understand the vital emotions that sustain every moment of our life. ALEXANDER SCRIABIN (1872–1915) I always had a close relationship with Beethoven’s music, and in the Appassionata we 4 SONATA NO.10 OP.70 14’28 can find all the creative strength which makes him the most impressive composer in the history of music. In my interpretation, I tried to create an intense atmosphere, MODEST MUSSORGSKY (1839–1881) surrounded by a sacred respect for the music. PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION I approached the music of Scriabin only a few years ago and immediately decided to 5 Promenade 01’29 challenge myself with the most bizarre and mystical of his Sonatas, a work of 6 The Gnome 03’09 7 Promenade 01’01 philosophical depth and pure, meticulous ideas. 8 The Old Castle 04’38 Mussorgsky’s Pictures is the most human work in this album.
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Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition: a Performer's Practical Observations on the Unprecedented Originality of the Work
MUSSORGSKY’S PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION: A PERFORMER’S PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE UNPRECEDENTED ORIGINALITY OF THE WORK A Dissertation Submitted to the Temple University Graduate Board In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS IN PIANO PERFORMANCE by Timur Mustakimov May 2021 Examining Committee Members: Charles Abramovic, Advisory Chair, Professor of Piano, Chair of Keyboard Studies Sara Davis Buechner, Professor of Piano David B. Cannata, Associate Professor of Music History Alexander Braginsky, Professor of Piano, University of Minnesota School of Music ii ABSTRACT As a pianist, I had the opportunity to study Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Op. 11 for many years. Performing it on stage remains the most insightful source for understanding the work and its complex beauty. Through playing it more and more, my perception of Pictures became more concrete and detailed. At the same time, it was clear how firmly it could withstand different interpretations. This work can be approached in infinite ways in order to solve the technical challenges and to accomplish the ultimate goal of holding the piece together on the stage. Mussorgsky’s cycle stands alone in its grandeur and truly represents the enigmatic nature of Russian music. His “unpolished” style of writing – Mussorgsky was considered an amateur by his distinguished colleagues such as Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – contributes to the dramatic effect of the composition. Vladimir Ashkenazy, in his preface to the Wiener Urtext edition of Pictures at an Exhibition, perfectly sums up the profundity and importance of the work: Perhaps the most important and crucial point in understanding this piece is that although it was conceived initially as a programmatic cycle, the result is music that not only goes far beyond mere descriptive qualities but in fact gives us a penetrating insight into the dark and brooding spirit of Mussorgsky - or for that matter of Russia itself.
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