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Opening Weekend: Pictures at an Exhibition
Raleigh Classical
Pictures at an Exhibition

Fri/Sat, Sept 23-24, 2022 | 8pm
MEYMANDI CONCERT HALL, WOOLNER STAGE
DUKE ENERGY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, RALEIGH

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Program

North Carolina Symphony
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor


Jennifer Higdon (b.1962)
Fanfare Ritmico

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Ibéria from Images, L. 122
    I. Par les rues et les chemins
    II. Les parfums de la nuit
    III. Le matin d'un jour de fête

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Rapsodie espagnole, Op. 35
    I. Prélude à la nuit
    II. Malagueña
    III. Habanera
    IV. Feria


Intermission


Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) /
Orch. Maurice Ravel

Pictures at an Exhibition, Op. 35
    Promenade
       I. The Gnome
    Promenade
       II. The Old Castle
    Promenade
       III. Tuileries
       IV. Cattle
    Promenade
       V. Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells
       VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
       VII. The Marketplace at Limoges
       VIII. Catacombs
                Roman Tombs
                Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
       IX. The Hut on Fowl’s Legs
       X. The Great Gate of Kiev

Notes on the music by Joanna Chang.