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Pictures at an Exhibition
with Jeneba Kanneh-Mason and Orchestra of the Swan
Part of the Orchestra of the Swan 2023-2024 Season
Add to my Calendar 08-02-2024 19:30 08-02-2024 21:30 36 Pictures at an Exhibition Pictures at an Exhibition was inspired by the paintings of Viktor Hartmann. A close friendship developed between painter and composer after their first meeting in 1868 as well as a mutual devotion to the cause of intrinsically Russian art. Following the unexpected death of Hartmann in 1873 Mussorgsky wrote this bold, enchanting work which depicts the composer himself walking through an exhibition of his friend’s paintings. *The Tchaikovsky will be a side-by-side with Warwick Schools Foundation scholars. Warwick Hall - Warwick School, Warwick DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Warwick Hall - Warwick School
Myton Road
Warwick
Warwickshire
CV34 6PP
England
Programme
Anton Arensky – Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky, Op.35a
Modest Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concerto no.23 in A major, K.488
Performers
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason – piano
Michael Collins – Conductor
Orchestra of the Swan
Other concerts in this Series (+)
Programme Note
Pictures at an Exhibition was inspired by the paintings of Viktor Hartmann. A close friendship developed between painter and composer after their first meeting in 1868 as well as a mutual devotion to the cause of intrinsically Russian art. Following the unexpected death of Hartmann in 1873 Mussorgsky wrote this bold, enchanting work which depicts the composer himself walking through an exhibition of his friend’s paintings.
*The Tchaikovsky will be a side-by-side with Warwick Schools Foundation scholars.
