Poster Exhibition at Somerset House
Microcosm of London, Plate 002: Exhibition at Somerset House (1880)
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Pictures at an Exhibition

On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear the epic grandeur and the playful wit of Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition from a concert in Houston. Plus, English pianist Stephen Hough performs music by Claude Debussy.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Stephen Hough: On Falla
Stephen Hough, piano
Stephen Hough's Spanish Album
Hyperion 67565

Johann Christoph Schmidt: Partie a deux choeurs in B flat
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra; Gottfried von der Goltz, violin, conductor
Concert Hall, Freiburg, Germany

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35: 1. Largo e maestoso; 2. Lento
Robyn Bollinger, violin; Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra; Joshua Gersen, conductor
Aspen Music Festival, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO

Claude Debussy: La plus que lente
Stephen Hough, piano
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA

Hour 2

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonatina in c minor, WoO 43 No. 1
Lajos Mayer, mandolin; Imre Rohmann, piano
Beethoven Rarities
Hungaroton 12303

Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Contredanses for Orchestra
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA

Rudiger Pawassar: Sculpture in Wood
Seattle Marimba Quartet
Classical KING FM, Seattle, WA

Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Maurice Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition: Movements 1-3, 5-10, 14-15
Houston Symphony; Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Jones Hall, Houston, TX

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