After delivering a magnificent history of orchestral jazz with their previous opus (Big One), Stan Laferri�re and his big band have now produced an adaptation of Modest Mussorgsky's famous Pictures at an Exhibition, an essential work in the music of 19th century Russia. And his guest here, Pierre de Bethmann, takes the opportunity to show his own artistry by inserting subtle variations as a counterpoint to the orchestra's own discourse. This jazz version of Pictures concocted by Laferri�re (almost 100 years after the unavoidable adaptation by Maurice Ravel), gives Mussorgsky's work a sparkling treatment: it shows exactly why this is one of the most appreciated, most often played pieces in the world's repertoire, and not only where jazz and classics fans are concerned.

The Lucerne Festival Orchestra brass players perform a broad spectrum of brass music. The ensemble's repertoire includes early polyphonic and Venetian antiphonal masterpieces, Classical and Romantic works, and pieces from the 20th and 21st centuries by composers such as Sofia Gubaidulina, Wolfgang Rihm, Galina Ustwolskaja, and Einojuhani Rautavaara. The group also performs arrangements of well-known piano or orchestral works, often transcribed especially for them. The forces of the ensemble vary according to the demands of the pieces, ranging from solos and duets to a full wind ensemble. The group is also regularly augmented by other members of the festival orchestra, particularly the percussionists. The concerts of the Brass Ensemble of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra are a popular and indispensable element of the festival's summer programs.

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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Balakirev: Islamey

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Borodin: Polovtsian

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Classical Music

Classical Music

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Classical Music

When Modest Mussorgsky visited an exhibition of the painter Ludwig Hartwig, he was so impressed with the artist's artistic language, that he put the works into music. A great fortune for the painter's opus, for some paintings are now lost, but their musical counterpart can be vividly remembered. In the case of Ars Produktion, Ravel's version for orchestra now appears as a live version of a children's concert.

Mussorgsky, M.P.: Boris Godunov (Excerpts) (Sung in German)

Orchestral Music (Russian) - Glinka, M.I. / Rimsky-Korsakov,

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