Program
Listen to a beloved classic in a whole new way with this colorful and intimate version of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, arranged for chamber orchestra by Australian-Chinese composer Julian Yu. Beethoven’s lighthearted Septet for Winds and Strings in E-flat major was his most popular work during his lifetime.
Tickets: $25, general admission
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Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770‐1827)
Septet in E‐flat Major, Op.20
I. Adagio; Allegro con brio
II. Adagio cantabile
III. Tempo di Menuetto
IV. Tema con variazioni
V. Scherzo: Allegro molto e vivace
VI. Andante con moto alla Marcia; Presto
– Intermission –
Modest Mussorgsky
(1839‐1881)
Arr. Julian Yu (b. 1957)
Pictures at an Exhibition ♫
Promenade
Gnomus
Promenade
Il vecchio castello
Promenade
Les Tuileries (Dispute dʹenfants après jeux)
Bydło
Promenade
Ballet of the Unhatched Chickens
Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuÿle
Promenade
Limoges. Le marché (La grand nouvelle)
Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum)
Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
The Hut on Chuckenʹs [sic] Legs (Baba‐Yaga)
The Heroic Gate (in the Imperial City of Kiev)
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Artists
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