Pictures Intro: Mussorgsky's Piano/Ravel's Orchestra

[@thecluelesscomposer]

Can't wait. I love Pictures at an exhibition and as a young guy trying to learn how to properly arrange his own pieces this is pure gold, so I'll suck it in.

[@minerscale]

10 hour course! incredible. Now I have to find the time to sit down and watch it all, and do exercises and stuff.

[@spacevspitch4028]

So glad I stumbled onto this. Can't wait!

[@tillyjones1942]

I’ve been looking for something like this and hoping you’d either do this, or Le Tombeau De Couperin. Looking forward to the series!

[@yvanmcgregor5823]

Much-Much LOVE-LOVE-LOVE & Gratitude+++++++:)

Looking a lot forwards to this series!:)

[@DeepCrossing1]

wonderfully articulate and concisely written, such a fantastic learning resource, thank you!

[@alekosvuskovic6687]

you are amazing teacher and musician, thank you very much!

[@AshishXiangyiKumar]

Genuinely annoyed -- in a breathless sort of way -- that we'll have wait till March to hear this. (The editing on this is also pretty nice.)

[@luoshengying]

thank you so much!

[@magnustips]

Fantastic

[@user-ez9is7lb9p]

Nice editing. I play the last two pieces but I’ve got to say I prefer the original piano (albeit the rimsky version) in many ways because especially in the purely chaotic bits Mussorgsky really shows how you can make the piano dance. Also isn’t it amazing how almost every performer makes quite noticeable chances to the score. Not that it’s what was intended, but I like to imagine it as a tone poem for soul’s journey through purgatory, in the last piece it can glimpse the city of heaven before finally knocking on its gates.

[@ygoramaro5637]

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[@GrantCarvalho]

Looking forward to this!

[@zcvs-x9k]

Great Job !!!! Thank You!!!!

[@federicocrosato5352]

Can't wait

[@alonsoordonez6407]

I know they play the solo on tenor tuba to make it easier for the high notes during bydlo, listen to the Milan Orchestra performance with Gergiev and his bass-tuba player

[@alonsoordonez6407]

Since that movement represents an Ox, I think it's accurate to use the right big tuba even if it's way harder to play

[@jamessnowden1833]

@@alonsoordonez6407 the tuba ravel was writing for was a french 6 valve instrument, pitched with the fundamental a tone above that of a tenor tuba. So a tenor tuba is more appropriate to play the solo on than a CC tuba.

[@Erinnmnn]

At 16:41 Neil Ciceriga is in the list. I guess technically he did rearrange it

[@greatmallard9318]

Blink to the Future he’s everywhere

[@michaweinst3774]

You can find Funtek's orchestration here, performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy conducting the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHOlcq1vm7yDf6c There is also a documentary, directed by Christopher Nupen, featuring Ashkenazy (kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaDag5SImdKXopY), accompanying this performance, as well as Ashkenazy performing the piano version (kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4vWoqF-nd6omJI)

[@dndnfgo-i3h]

13:00

[@justynaphilipp4946]

B R A V I S S I M O !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@chrisharrison809]

You’re the shit.