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Composer: Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (1839-1881)

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Château de Florans: Parc

La Roque d'Anthéron

Tue 28 Jul at 21:00

Rachmaninov PC2, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky

Bringuier, Sumino, Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice

© Kelly de Geer

Concertgebouw: Main Hall

Wed 29 Jul at 20:00

Rachmaninov PC3, Kancheli, Mussorgsky

Dawidiuk, Gigashvili, German Youth Orchestra

© Marco Borggreve

Sat 1 Aug at 17:00

Rossini, Mussorgsky, Piazzolla, Handel, Traditional, Arban

Viviane Chassot, Septura

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Alina Ibragimova © Eva Vermandel

Portraits and pictures from Ibragimova, Gardner and the LPO

By Roy Westbrook

Pierre Bleuse conducts the Singapore Symphony Orchestra © Yoricko Liu | Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Pierre Bleuse and the Singapore Symphony raise the roof with Prokofiev and Mussorgsky

By Chang Tou Liang

Sir Bryn Terfel (Boris Godunov) © The Royal Opera | Mihaela Bodlovic

Sir Bryn Terfel’s craggy Boris Godunov returns to Covent Garden

By Mark Pullinger

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© Mats Lundkvist

Konserthuset Stockholm: Grünewaldsalen

Agnas, Skoog Aquilonius, Bonfiglioli, Agnas de Frumerie, Agnas, William-Olsson, Agnas, Agnas

© Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Wed 9 Dec at 19:30, From 09 Dec 19:30
to 09 Jan 23:59

Corelli, Vivaldi, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky

Oren, Włoszczowska, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

© Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Wed 10 Mar at 19:30, From 10 Mar 19:30
to 10 Apr 23:59

Prokofiev, Schumann, Mussorgsky

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Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich

Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich

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Year of birth	1839
Year of death	1881
Nationality	Russia
Period	Romantic

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