Pictures at an Exhibition

Hans Graf, Conductor
James Ehnes, Violin

Few works can match Pictures at an Exhibition for orchestral color, sonic impact and sheer excitement, and no work displays the virtuosity of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra quite like it. 

• This suite of ten piano pieces composed by Modest Mussorgsky is considered his most famous piano composition and has become a showpiece for virtuoso pianists.  It was later scored for full orchestra by French composer Maurice Ravel and is a staple in symphonic repertoire.
• ISO purchased an oil painting by local artist Lesley Haflich, painted en plein aire at Marsh Symphony on the Prairie during last summer’s outdoor performance of this same work.