'Pictures at an Exhibition' Part 2: From a Piano to an Orchestra and Beyond!
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Dig into four movements of Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" and hear how they sound as the original piano score, how it grows into a piece for orchestra, and how other ensembles have imagined them!
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