{"product_id":"mussorgski-pictures-at-an-exhibition-night-on-bald-mountain","title":"Mussorgski - Pictures At An Exhibition \u0026 Night On Bald Mountain","description":"\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGewandhausorchester Leipzig\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIgor Markevitch\u003c\/strong\u003e, conductor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eModest P. Mussorgsky\u003c\/strong\u003e (1839–1881) wrote \u003cem\u003ePictures at an Exhibition\u003c\/em\u003e for piano in 1874, inspired by an exhibition that was arranged to commemorate the painter and architect Viktor Hartmann, who had been a close friend of Mussorgsky for several years. Mussorgsky was devastated when the painter suddenly died of a heart condition in the summer of 1873. “Such grief!” he wrote in a letter. “Oh unfortunate Russian art! This silly fool, death, mows everything down without even asking whether or not his wretched visit is desired. If only talents could at least grow like mushrooms!” The critic Vladimir Stasov organised an exhibition of Hartmann’s watercolours and drawings, which Mussorgsky attended with a heavy heart. The pictures made a profound impression on him and inspired him to write a series of ten pieces, introduced and linked together by the recurring interlude of the Promenade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. Gnomus\u003c\/strong\u003e: this picture shows a gnome who clumsily scampers about on deformed legs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. Il vecchio castello\u003c\/strong\u003e: a troubadour sings his song in front of a mediaeval Italian castle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. Tuileries\u003c\/strong\u003e: children at play squabble on one of the avenues of the Tuileries Garden in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. Bydlo\u003c\/strong\u003e: a ponderous Polish ox cart gradually rattles along on its monotonously rolling wheels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5. Ballet of the unhatched chicks\u003c\/strong\u003e: this piece is based on a drawing by Hartmann portraying the hatching of chicks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle\u003c\/strong\u003e: this scene depicts a discussion between a poor and a rich Jew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e7. Market place at Limoges\u003c\/strong\u003e: amidst the whirring activity at the market in Limoges, this piece brings out the chatter and quarrelling of market women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e8. Catacombae\u003c\/strong\u003e: in this picture Hartmann had portrayed himself exploring the Paris catacombs by lantern light. Musorgsky noted the following in the manuscript: “The creative spirit of the departed Hartmann leads me to the skulls and calls to them, and the skulls start to glow softly from within.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e9. The Hut of Baba Yaga\u003c\/strong\u003e: a clock designed in the form of a hut on chicken legs, representing the \u003cem\u003eizbushka\u003c\/em\u003e belonging to the dreaded witch of Russian folklore. Musorgsky incorporates the witch’s frenzied flight in a mortar into his music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e10. The Great Gate of Kiev\u003c\/strong\u003e: this drawing by Hartmann shows his design for a gateway leading into the city of Kiev. The gateway appears in the grand, ancient Russian style, with a cupola shaped like a Slavonic helmet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWolfgang Börner (original LP sleeve notes, 1974)\u003cbr\u003eTranslation: J \u0026amp; M Berridge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRepertoire classic stripped of its patina\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIgor Markevitch\u003c\/strong\u003e enjoys a legendary reputation. He was successful both as a conductor of leading orchestras and as a composer and (university) lecturer. His pupils include Daniel Barenboim, Herbert Blomstedt and Wolfgang Sawallisch. In his autobiography \u003cem\u003eDie Musik – mein Leben\u003c\/em\u003e (music, my life) Barenboim recalls that Igor Markevitch had taught him “a personal, highly individual style of conducting”. In his Salzburg course he was “completely preoccupied with the clarity of the sound, the clarity of the rhythm and the clarity of the gesture”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eOne witness to that period in the orchestra’s history is solo cellist \u003cstrong\u003eJürnjakob Timm\u003c\/strong\u003e, a full member of the Gewandhaus orchestra since 1973 and a stand-in even earlier. Looking back he spontaneously recalls Markevitch’s “very good conducting technique” as “an impressive experience”. It was “through sheer ability” (and not as a tyrant of the rostrum) that the conductor had communicated his concepts to the orchestra. His way of working had been a sound compromise between the extremes of rehearsal fetishist and \u003cem\u003eAbenddirigent\u003c\/em\u003e (a conductor who rises to the occasion in the actual performance). 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