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The Great Gate of Kiev
Pictures at an Exhibition
This week’s Pipedreams program takes on the challenge of evoking vivid visual images - and with our ears we’ll view a procession in an ancient cathedral, a thunderstorm in the countryside, colorful landscapes in southern France, and an art show at a gallery. Along with works by Mulet, Ermand Bonnal, Eugene Reuchsel, and Lefebure-Wely, we’ll enjoy a complete performance of Mussorgsky’s famous keyboard impressions of paintings by his friend Victor Hartmann - visions of children playing near the Tuileries, the Market at Limoges, the Catacombs, the Ballet of the chicks in their shells and the Great Gate of Kiev. Nine soloists paint the town with organic colors. For more on Pictures at an Exhibition, read Paintings in Sound, by Michael Barone.
Program Broadcast dates:
- August 28, 2000
Links and Resources
Music played in the program
MULET: Procession, from Byzantine Sketches –Paul Derrett (1955 Walker/Church of Notre Dame de France, Leicester Square, London, England, UK) Priory 2CD-242
BONNAL: Landais Landscape/Paysage Landais –Jean-Pierre Lecaudey (1923 Adema Gallery Organ/Basiliek Sint Bavo, Haarlem, The Netherlands) Pavane CD-7357
EUGENE REUCHSEL: 3 Pieces, from Promenades en Provence (Voiles multicolores au port de Toulon; Tambourinaires sur la place des Vieux Salins; Nuages ensoleillés sur le Cap Negre) –Thomas Daniel Schlee (1868 Cavaillé-Coll/Church of Saint Joseph, Marseille, France) Sonpact CD-98022; LEFEBURE-WELY: Pastorale Scene (with thunderstorm) –Irmtraud Krüger (1859 Cavaillé-Coll/Saint Hippolythe Church, Poligny, France) Pan CD-510050MUSSORGSKY (transcribed): Pictures at an Exhibition –we present the complete suite of what were originally piano pieces, drawing upon ten different complete recordings of the piece on ten different instruments. Promenade I & Gnomus –Jean Guillou (1988 Kleuker-Steinmeyer/Tonehalle, Zürich, Switzerland) Dorian CD-90117
Promenade II & Ancient Castle –Oskar Gottlieb Blarr (1965 Rieger/Neanderkirche, Düsseldorf, Germany) Koch/Schwann CD-11050; Promenade III & Tuileries –Arthur Wills (1975 Harrison & Harrison/Ely Cathedral, England, UK) Helios CD-88017
Bydlo/Ox Cart –Günther Kaunzinger (1980 Rieger/Hochschule für Musik, Würzburg, Germany) Novalis CD-150152Promenade IV & Ballet of the Chicks –Frank Volke (1971 Beckerath/Saint Andreas Church, Düsseldorf, Germany) Motette CD-12501
Goldberg & Schmuyle & Promenade V –Andrzej Chorosinski (1996 Sauer/Johannisberg City Hall, Wuppertal, Germany) MD&G CD-320 0818The Market at Limoges –William Trafka (1971 Aeolian-Skinner/Saint Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, New York, NY) Pro Organo CD-7084
Catacombs & Promenade VI –Keith John (1988 Kleuker-Steinmeyer/Tonehalle, Zürich, Switzerland) Priory CD-262
Baba Yaga/The Hut on Fowl’s Legs –Ron McKean (1993 Rosales/First Presbyterian Church, Oakland, CA) RM Discs CD-981
The Great Gate of Kiev –Keith Chapman (1911 Wanamaker Organ/Macy’s Center City Department Store, Philadelphia, PA) Vantage 2CD-69694001
Filler– Great Gate of Kiev (reprise) –Jean Guillou (Dorian CD-90117)