How Pictures at an Exhibition came to be
Beyond the Score is a gem of a program series the Seattle Symphony has been importing from the Chicago Symphony … Continue reading How Pictures at an Exhibition came to be
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Jon Kimura Parker Takes on Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev & Stravinsky
The evening was an awesome physical feat for any performer, but at the very end, Parker’s fingers were as nimble, as accurate, his touch as relaxed, his playing as clean and rhymic as it all had been at the start. And after it, he played an encore, a quiet, rippling Rachmaninoff prelude. Continue reading Jon Kimura Parker Takes on Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev & Stravinsky
Seattle Symphony Plays Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius
All three works—the original version of Mussorgsky’s A Night on Bald Mountain, the Tchaikovsky and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 1—were completed within 22 years of each other towards the end of the 19th century, two from Russia, one from its near neighbor, Finland. Continue reading Seattle Symphony Plays Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius
Roberto Abbado Conducts Seattle Symphony in Exciting “Pictures at an Exhibition”
Charismatic conductor Roberto Abbado joined the Seattle Symphony this past weekend for a diverse program of pieces, including Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. This weekend he’s conducting Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2, February 16 and 18. Continue reading Roberto Abbado Conducts Seattle Symphony in Exciting “Pictures at an Exhibition”