Pictures at an Exhibition
Pictures at an Exhibition
Shostakovich Festive Overture in A major, Op. 96* Side-by-Side
Shor/Pletnev Suite for Piano and Orchestra No. 2, ‘From My Bookshelf’
Mussorgsky arr. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition
Nikita Mndoyants piano
Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey conductor*
Marios Papadopoulos conductor
In the splendid surroundings of Oxford Town Hall, Marios Papadopoulos leads a performance of the most adventurous and thrilling gallery visit of all time – Modest Mussorgsky’s musical depiction of a series of charmingly surreal pictures hanging in a St Petersburg exhibition in 1874, as dressed in spectacular orchestral clothing by master orchestrator Maurice Ravel. After the propulsive energy of Shostakovich’s Festive Overture, Nikita Mndoyants is the soloist in OPO Composer-in-Residence Alexey Shor's From My Bookshelf, whose depictions of literary icons from Quasimodo to D’Artagnan weaves spells of fantasy and romance.
06 Nov 2025
Tickets: £15, £28, £38, £48
(Students from £5)
Duration: 120 min
Venue: Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate’s
(Students from £5)
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