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DW staff (av/kjb)August 30, 2007

Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) completed his cycle "Pictures at an Exhibition" in 1874 in homage to painter Viktor Hartmann, a friend of his who'd passed away the year before.

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Venezuelan Brass Ensemble
Elgar Howarth arranged Mussorgsky's masterpiece for a brass ensembleImage: Barbara Frommann

The individual pieces -- each representing a painting -- bear fanciful titles like "The Gnome," "Dispute Between Children at Play," or "Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks."

Originally written for solo piano, the work has been arranged numerous times. As part of the 2007 Beethovenfest, the Venezuelan Brass Ensemble performed a virtuosic version for brass and percussion by British composer Elgar Howarth. Thomas Clamor conducted.

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The Venezuelan Brass Ensemble Performs Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition," arr. Elgar Howarth (MP3, 35:36)

englisch: Bilder einer Ausstellung (Fassung für Blechbläser-Ensemble und P - Produziert: 30.08.2007 - 13:40:28 von Mussorgskij, Modest
August 30, 200735:36 min
Der Dirigent Kurt Masur, aufgenommen am Dienstag (08.04.2008) während einer Probe in der Beethovenhalle in Bonn. Masur war viele Jahre Gewandhauskapellmeister in Leipzig. Von 1991 bis 2002 wirkte er zudem als Chefdirigent des New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Von 2000 bis 2007 war er Musikdirektor des London Philharmonic Orchestra. Seit 2002 hat Masur die musikalische Leitung des Orchestre National de France in Paris inne. Foto: Felix Heyder dpa/lnw +++(c) dpa - Report+++

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