Concert Pictures at an Exhibition in the Posthoornkerk

Paintings from an exhibition

The theme of collecting and the importance of art play a major role in this program. The name of the program comes from Modest Mussorgsky's famous and history-rich classical masterpiece "Pictures at an Exhibition", the arrangement is specially created for this program and takes center stage. The piano and percussion open the doors to the magical world of the exhibition and take listeners to the musical promenade walk in the Academy of Fine Arts, where we can experience the old castle, the market of Limoges and the ballet of unhatched chicks.

In addition to Mussorgsky, the program includes several commissioned works, such as the work “The Collectors” by the leading German composer Moritz Eggert. He shows and audible the vision of collections in our times – the composer himself is also addicted to collecting in real life. It is a special sound journey where the pianist not only plays the grand piano, but also the Toy piano, Swiss cowbell, Kazoo and many more in combination with 65 percussion instruments – talking about collections…

Program

An extensive percussion set-up with different sounds, small, large and exotic instruments (from vibraphone to Thai gongs) come together with beautiful melodies on piano and violin.

Mono no Aware – Victoria Poleva

The Collectors part I – Moritz Eggert

Paintings from an Exhibition – Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Marijn Van Prooijen)