Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition analysis: how average pictures inspired amazing music

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No shade, Viktor Hartmann's paintings are nice, but HAVE YOU HEARD Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition!? Ultimately it was their relationship that inspired Mussorgsky to compose such an amazing piano piece, which later inspired many musicians to arrange it for orchestra.
In this video I look at the composition history and compare the different orchestra arrangements of Sir Henry Wood, Leopold Stokowski and Maurice Ravel to show why Ravel ultimately won the battle of orchestrations.
ALSO 70’S BAND EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER HAVE A WHOLE COVER ALBUM OF PICTURES OF AN EXHIBITION WHY DIDNT I KNOW THIS BEFORE
00:00 Intro
01:03 Mussorgsky’s biography
02:13 Viktor Hartmann
02:42 Structure of Pictures at an Exhibition and analysis of Promenade
04:30 Orchestration history
05:28 Henry Woods's arrangement vs Ravel's arrangement of "Gnomus"
07:24 Stokowski's arrangement vs Ravel's arrangement of " Il Vecchio Castello"
If you wanna hear the complete piece, here are some links
ORCHESTRA VERSION
Modest Mussorgski: Bilder einer Ausstellung (Gergiev, Münchner Philharmoniker)
• Modest Mussorgski: Bil...
PIANO VERSION
Evgeny Kissin: Mussorgski - Pictures at an Exhibition
• Evgeny Kissin: Mussorg...
If you want another video on Pictures at an Exhibition here is a great one by Classics Explained • Episode 2: Pictures at...
This video uses small clips of the following performances for educational purposes:
Alice Ott (pianist) / Orquesta Simon Bolivar (conductor Gustavo Dudamel)/ National Youth Orchestra of Spain ( conductor Serebrier)
/National Orchestra of Wales (conductor Francois-Xavier Roth) / ELP Pictures at an Exhibition
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@jayviescas7703 23 күн бұрын

I subbed to your channel because of your open and very honest observations and opinions of music you've experienced. One version that most everyone on YT seems to ignore is Tomitas 1975 synthesizer reinterpretation. I don't think it's the best version but it is fun, lively and sometimes ponderous without being too deep. I always remember his almost cartoonish Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells. If you haven't heard his version I think you should.

@Starlite4321 3 ай бұрын

Oh, and the Horowitz transcription played by him is incredible. You should make a point of hearing it!

@oxoelfoxo 2 жыл бұрын

Ooh, haven't listened to Pictures at an Exhibition for a while. Thanks for the links. I wish there was a video with the pictures being shown while the music is played. And I've never heard of the progressive rock version, either.

@mybachhertzbaud3074 24 күн бұрын

You should indeed hear the ELP version as well as the very cool one from Isao Tomita. 😁🎶🎹🎶Play On

@jeaneltawil 2 жыл бұрын

That was a particularly great video from you. I loved the format of "decomposing" music as you talk about it and hope to see many more similar content on your channel. Keep up the good work :)

@howimettheopera 2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much, so glad you enjoyed it!

@Starlite4321 4 ай бұрын

Nope, you're the only one ! Just kidding. I'm sure you weren't aware of the ELP version because you're so young. If you were my age (68) you would have grown up on it. ELP were one of the greatest "rock bands" ever and this was one of their signature pieces. Amazing they could make classical music work for hard core stoner rock-and-roll fans who didn't even realize they were listening to classical music. I'm glad you found them.

@niamurrell 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this great video! I've had some of these Mussorgsky pieces in my playlists for years and never knew anything about them. This video really painted the picture (🥁🥁💥) and now I'll enjoy them even more. Thanks!

@howimettheopera 2 жыл бұрын

that's great to hear, thank you for watching!

@superkalifragilistisch6511 2 жыл бұрын

This was very interesting and I like the way you explain/show it much!😊 Also didn't know there is the rock version, thats really cool!!We learned about this piece in 5th Grade in school (the nearly only time we had a music teacher 😂😬) I also like the woodwind quintett arrangement

@howimettheopera 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know that arrangement, I’ll definitely check it out! Thanks for your comment :)

@user-ps6ew2jx2m 5 ай бұрын

Professional musician, did not know about ELP! Very interesting, thanks

@FranTenor 2 жыл бұрын

Buen video!!!!

@roxanagrinstein3076 2 жыл бұрын

me encanto !

@caroall1362 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video 🤗

@howimettheopera 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching ;)

@nejanseyhan2564 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing content !

@howimettheopera 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

@eduardosci1909 5 ай бұрын

Tks!

@robertocastro9611 2 жыл бұрын

Buenísimo!!!

@howimettheopera 2 жыл бұрын

Muchas gracias :)

@gianmarcocarnevale659 5 ай бұрын

How about a video about Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain"? Apparently the most widespread version that we listen to has been rewritten by Rimsky-Korsakov.

@paulhaddad4133 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting comments go on👍

@yuliastone9704 2 жыл бұрын

I'm from Russia and I'm proud 🇷🇺

@howimettheopera 2 жыл бұрын

Russian music ROCKS

@unknownkingdom Жыл бұрын

The ELP version is awful. Or at least it deviates very far from the source. I would call it "inspired bt" the original versus an arrangement for a rock band. None the less that was my introduction to the piece tears ago, and what caused me to eventually be interested in classical music.