Pictures at an Exhibition

Sir Georg Solti - Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1980

NYO-USA performs Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, under the direction of David Robertson, in the orchestra’s Carnegie Hall debut on July 22, 2014. Watch additional highlights from this concert at: http://bit.ly/1nCz8oF Modest Mussorgsky’s highly individual voice was long obscured by well-meaning editors and fellow composers who considered his unconventional harmonies and orchestrations crude. Pictures at an Exhibition—a suite of vividly drawn tonal sketches inspired by an exhibition of artworks by the composer’s friend Viktor Hartmann—was originally written for piano. However, it is best known in the masterful orchestration that Maurice Ravel made in 1922. _____________________________________ Each summer, Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute brings together the brightest young musicians from across the country (ages 16-19) to form the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA). In 2014, following a two-week training residency with leading professional orchestra musicians, these remarkable teenagers were joined by conductor David Robertson and violinist Gil Shaham for an eight-city coast-to-coast US tour. To learn more about NYO-USA, visit http://www.carnegiehall.org/nyousa. _____________________________________ Video Director: Habib Azar Associate Director: Jay Millard Stage Manager: Carole Shure Technical Director: James Sapione Score Reader: Nicholas DeMaison Cameras: Matt Bockelman, Hiram Becker, and Andrew Trost Video Engineer: Steve Robinson Audio Courtesy of WQXR Listen to the full broadcast archived on the WQXR website at http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/national-youth-orchestra-united-states-america/ Music “Pictures At An Exhibition” Composed by Maurice Joseph Ravel and Modest Mussorgsky Published by Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., An Imagem Company (ASCAP)

From the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Kurt Masur - conductor Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition Orchestration: Sergei Petrovitch Gorchakov Chapters: 0:00 Pictures at an Exhibition 1:33 Promenade 2:53 The Gnome 5:23 Promenade 6:14 The Old Castle 10:33 Promenade 11:00 Tuileries 12:00 Bydlo 14:59 Promenade 15:43 Ballet of the Unhatched Chickens 17:06 Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle 19:30 Promenade 20:44 Limoges: The Market Square 22:16 Catacombae (Sepulchrum romanum) 26:08 The Hut on Hen's Legs (Baba-Yaga) 30:00 The Great Gate of Kiev Watch also the piano version performed by Evgeny Kissin: https://youtu.be/rH_Rsl7fjok Subscribe: https://goo.gl/jrui3M

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition Orchestra with Full Score, 組曲「展覧会の絵」【オーケストラ版】 Movie from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSumsdfyiv8 Full Score from: http://imslp.org/wiki/Pictures_at_an_Exhibition_(Mussorgsky,_Modest) Promenade [I] 1. Gnomus [Promenade II]: Moderato commodo assai e con delicatezza 2. Il Vecchio Castello [Promenade III]: Moderato non tanto, pesamente 3. Tuileries (Dispute d'enfants après jeux) 4. Bydło [Promenade IV]: Tranquillo 5. Балет невылупившихся птенцов 6. "Samuel" Goldenberg und "Schmuÿle" 7. Limoges, le marché (La grande nouvelle) 8. Catacombæ (Sepulcrum romanum) Cum mortuis in lingua mortua 9. Избушка на курьих ножках (Баба-Яга) 10. Богатырские ворота (В стольном городе во Киеве)

With the original survived pictures of Hartmann. The newer pictures are from Ed Wennink, Netherlands. Karajan on top form .