Mussorgsky鈥檚 鈥楶ictures From An Exhibition鈥� in Edinburgh

14 Feb 2016, Usher Hall, Edinburgh

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大象传媒 SSO 2015-16 Season Mussorgsky鈥檚鈥楶ictures From An Exhibition鈥� in Edinburgh

Mussorgsky鈥檚鈥楶ictures From An Exhibition鈥� in Edinburgh

15:00 Sun 14 Feb 2016 Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Mussorgsky鈥檚鈥楶ictures From An Exhibition鈥� at the Usher Hall

Programme

- - Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
  - Valse-Fantasie in B minor(7 mins)
- - Dmitry Shostakovich
  - Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor(40 mins)
- - interval
- - Modest Mussorgsky
  - Pictures at an Exhibition(35 mins)(orch. Ravel)

Performers

大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Boris Brovstyn
violin
violin
Vassily Sinaisky
conductor (please note change to originally advertised artist)
conductor (please note change to originally advertised artist)

Composers

Concert information

Glinka and Mussorgsky made Russian music glitter with the colours of a Faberg茅 egg; a century later in the Soviet Union, Dmitri Shostakovich is said to have lamented a life turned grey. But there are few more gripping documents of that life than his First Violin Concerto; a brooding political thriller of a piece, with a core of raw emotion - the award-winning Moscow-born violinist Boris Brovtsyn grew up immersed in its world. Opening with a rare performance of Glinka鈥檚 ballroom romance, Vassily Sinaisky brings the concert to a triumphant close with Mussorgsky鈥檚 fantastic musical picture gallery.

Prelude: 2.00pm (free to ticket-holders)
Peter Nelson from the University of Edinburgh introduces the featured works.