Find classical music concert, opera, ballet and dance listings
Fact file
| Composer | Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (1839-1881) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Year | 1874 |
| Work type | Instrumental |
Upcoming eventsSee more...
AmsterdamMussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3
Rachmaninov, Kancheli, Mussorgsky
German Youth Orchestra; Aurel Dawidiuk; Giorgi Gigashvili
KlostersFanfares and Fireworks
Rossini, Mussorgsky, Piazzolla, Handel, Traditional, Arban
Septura; Viviane Chassot
Latest reviewsSee more...
Portraits and pictures from Ibragimova, Gardner and the LPO
From Three Screaming Popes to Pictures at an Exhibition, a pair of works inspired by paintings frame a violin concerto by Béla Bartók at London's Southbank Centre.
Pierre Bleuse and the Singapore Symphony raise the roof again
High decibel hits arrive via Prokofiev’s Scythian Suite and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, sandwiching Liszt from Bertrand Chamayou.
Du Yun's Ears of the Book: a spotlight on the pipa in Philadelphia
Co-commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra, the concerto highlights Wu Man, a virtuoso player of the Chinese lute.
Upcoming eventsSee more...
StockholmPictures at an Exhibition
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Catarina Skoog Aquilonius; Daniela Bonfiglioli; Emma Agnas de Frumerie; Joakim Agnas
DallasThe Cliburn Junior 2019: Avery Gagliano Semifinal Round
Adès, Mussorgsky
Avery Gagliano, Piano
Latest articles
Bachtrack top ten: musical art galleries
Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition famously depicts artworks by his friend Viktor Hartmann, but which other musical works were inspired by the visual arts?
The art of memory: classical music for mourning
From fulfilling funerary functions, to eulogising friends and fellow artists, or lamenting the waste of war: here are some of the finest examples of music written in mourning.
Los jardines y la música (1)
En estos momentos, nada mejor que pensar en cosas positivas, y una de ellas es la relación entre los jardines y la música. Esta primera entrega se centrará en los jardines árabes, los medievales, los italianos y los franceses.