AHA!!! Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

[elleng]

https://weta.org/player

SURPRISE!!!! #1!!!

[CincyDem]

1. What a great work.

For fun, go listen to Emerson, Lake and Palmer version.

Progressive rock but very true to the original. And there were few piano players better than Keith Emerson.

Thanks.

[LSparkle]

2. Wow -- interesting choice! Good for you, DC!

I’ve heard pieces from it including the Great Gate of Kyiv (spelling mine) but really need to hear the whole thing.

[elleng]

5. Yes, have heard The Great Gate MANY times,

but well worth it to hear the whole piece.

[Bo Zarts]

3. Great piece with interesting backstory ..

Originally written for piano, IIRC.

[The Madcap]

7. Yes, it is very interesting

The piano version, that is. I enjoy the orchestral piece more, but the piano version has some true gymnastics. I don't know how pianists can memorize and play these really long pieces. Focusing for that long without missing something just seems impossible to me.

[La Coliniere]

4. Always a perennial favorite

but I’m shocked it beat out Beethoven’s 9th and Dvorak’s 9th.

[elleng]

6. SO AM I surprised! UTTERLY!!!