{"id":3298,"date":"2011-11-07T10:12:14","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T09:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=3298"},"modified":"2011-11-07T10:12:42","modified_gmt":"2011-11-07T09:12:42","slug":"in-the-pictures-benjamin-frith-performs-mussorgsky%e2%80%99s-mighty-epic-at-the-gulbenkian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2011\/11\/07\/in-the-pictures-benjamin-frith-performs-mussorgsky%e2%80%99s-mighty-epic-at-the-gulbenkian\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Pictures: Benjamin Frith performs Mussorgsky\u2019s mighty epic at the Gulbenkian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Acclaimed international pianist Benjamin Frith<\/strong> returns to the Gulbenkian Theatre next Monday, to perform Mussorgsky\u2019s mighty\u00a0Pictures at an Exhibition<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In its original version for solo piano, this epic showpiece takes the listener on a musical odyssey through a series of paintings by the composer\u2019s friend, the artist and architect Viktor Hartmann, at an exhibition held to commemorate the artist\u2019s early death at the age of only thirty nine.<\/p>\n

\"Hartmann:
Hartmann: Catacombs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From the menacing \u2018Hut on Fowl\u2019s Legs\u2019 to the lively \u2018Ballet of the Chicks in their shells,\u2019 finishing with the grandiose \u2018Great Gate of Kiev,\u2019 the piece represents a dazzling display of virtuosity for\u00a0 pianists.<\/p>\n

The concert, on Monday 14 November, starts at 1.10pm, and finishes at 1.50pm. Admission free, with a suggested donation of \u00a33.<\/p>\n

There will also be an opportunity to hear Ravel\u2019s brilliant orchestration of the piece at the University\u2019s Symphony Orchestra\u2019s concert in December.<\/p>\n

More details online here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Furley<\/a>
Sponsors of the Lunchtime Concert series<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n