Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition was a series of pieces for piano based on a famous set of paintings. The paintings themselves were small but the sounds that Mussorgsky created were so big, it wasn’t long before fellow composer Maurice Ravel arranged them into an aurally spectacular version for orchestra. Under the baton of Conductor Benjamin Northey, the full Concert Hall audience was taken on a journey on 1 May. And as an added highlight two of the Orchestra’s musicians in Irit Silver and Alison Mitchell, performed a world premiere double concerto for flute, clarinet and orchestra, by Australian composer Gordon Kerry.
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Benjamin Northey
Alison Mitchell, Irit Silver
Alison Mitchell, Benjamin Northey, Irit Silver, Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
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