2005, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an exhibition

For two non-orchestral performances, Ballarat and Diamond Creek, we performed an impressive choral arrangement of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition by Peter Butler from Bendigo, with Colleen Arnott, David Cox and Lucas Richter as soloists. This was with two pianos and he and Ian played for performances as Boyd conducted.

Unfortunately Ballarat had a disappointing audience of around 20 including four Dutch tourists who happened to be passing, but Diamond Creek was successful and the orchestral performance was a real high for the choir of 34.

These history notes have been kindly provided by our long-term artistic director and co-founder, Graham Ford.

Part of the poster for a performance of ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’.

Audio files from one of the performances.

01 Introduction 02 Introduction 03 Promenade I 04 Gnomus 05 Promenade II 06 Il Vecchio Castello 07 Promenade III 08 Tuileries 09 Bydlo 10 Promenade IV 11 Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells 12 Two Polish Jews 13 Promenade V 14 Limoges - the Market Place 15 Catacombae Sepulcrum Romanum 16 Con Mortuis in Lingua Mortua 17 Baba Yaga - the Hut on Fowl’s Legs 18 Great Gate of Kiev