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Pictures from 15 perspectives

By Leonard Slatkin's count, there are over 80 different orchestrations of Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition." He tapped into 15 of them to create a unique version of the work. He leads the Nashville Symphony in a performance of it at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Hildegard von Bingen: Veni Creator Spiritus
Anonymous 4

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127: IV. Allegro - Allegro comodo
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Menlo, California

Modest Mussorgsky (compiled by Leonard Slatkin):: Pictures at an Exhibition
Nashville Symphony; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Nashville, TN

Hour 2

J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite, No. 1 BWV 1066 (arr. Reger for Piano Duo)
Evelinde Trenker, piano; Sontraud Speidel, piano

Sidney Homer: General William Booth Enters Into Heaven
Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano
Minnesota Beethoven Festival, Winona, MN

Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 38 ("Spring")
Grand Teton Festival Orchestra; Steven Sloane, conductor
Walk Festival Hall, Teton Village, Wyoming

Robert Schumann (trans. Franz Liszt): Widmung
Chetan Tierra, piano
Preliminary Round, Van Cliburn Competition 2009

J.S. Bach: Bourree in G minor from English Suite No. 2
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; Alastair Willis, conductor
The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX

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