Symphony Listening Program - Mussorgsky
- What
- Symphony Listening Program - Mussorgsky
- When
- 10/30/2025
Day 1: This week's feature composer is Modeste Mussorgsky (Mu-ZOR-ski). The feature composition is Pictures at an Exhibition. Composers get musical ideas in different ways. Mussorgsky got the idea for this composition in a special way. He had a friend who was an artist. His friend died. After his death, Mussorgsky went to an exhibition of his friend's paintings. Mussorgsky wanted this composition to tell about his walk in the art gallery and the paintings he saw. He went home to his piano and composed Pictures at an Exhibition.
Day 2: This week's feature composer is Modeste Mussorgsky. The feature composition is Pictures at an Exhibition. Mussorgsky wanted Pictures at an Exhibition to tell about his walk in the art gallery and the paintings he saw. The pictures were special to him because they had been painted by his friend who had died. The opening theme is Mussorgsky as he moved from one picture to another. The next section describes the first painting which shows a small Gnome with crooked legs whose movements are strange and are accompanied by savage shrieks.
Day 3: This week's feature composer is Modeste Mussorgsky. The feature composition is Pictures at an Exhibition. Another musician, Maurice Ravel, heard Mussorgsky's music. He could almost see the same pictures as Mussorgsky but he made the music tell about them in a different way. Ravel used the instruments of the orchestra to help us see the Pictures at an Exhibition.
Day 4: This week's feature composer is Modeste Mussorgsky. The feature composition is Pictures at an Exhibition. Ravel used the instruments of the orchestra to help us see the pictures Mussorgsky composed for the piano. The opening theme is Mussorgsky as he moved from one picture to another. Next, Mussorgsky wrote music to describe the first painting which shows a small Gnome with crooked legs whose movements are strange and are accompanied by savage shrieks.
Day 5: This week's feature composition is Pictures at an Exhibition. Do you remember the name of the composer of Pictures at an Exhibition? That's right. It was that long name, Mussorgsky. Mussorgsky's music was so descriptive that it stimulated Ravel's imagination. Ravel decided to use the instruments of the orchestra to help us see the pictures Mussorgsky composed for the piano. Do you think Mussorgsky would have liked Ravel's idea?