Fauré Quartett - Moesorgski’s Schilderijententoonstelling

Paintings from an exhibition for piano quartet

In his imaginative Paintings from an Exhibition, Mussorgsky conjures up ten paintings, inspired by an exhibition of works by his late friend, the painter Viktor Hartman. We meet children playing in the Tuileries and bickering women on the market, but also gnomes, talking skulls and a hut on chicken legs belonging to the witch Baba Yaga. In addition to the original version for piano, there are several arrangements, of which Ravel's version for symphony orchestra is the best known. The Fauré Quartett plays its own colorful arrangement for piano quartet.

Faure Quartett

The idiosyncratic Fauré Quartett always brings surprising programs. In addition to the classical masterpieces for piano quartet, these passionate musicians also often play new arrangements of famous masterpieces. They also enter into special collaborations with big bands and pop artists such as Rufus Wainwright. This time the ensemble combines its own arrangement of Musorgsky's Exhibition of Pictures with Brahms' elaborate Third Piano Quartet and an arrangement of three songs by Fauré.