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Wednesday 14 December 6-10pm

Pictures at an Exhibition
1874, Modest Mussorgsky
Piano recital by Maria Razumovskaya
Performance at 8pm

And Time Becomes a Wondrous Thing
Late night exhibition viewing
From 6pm onwards

Please join us for an evening at Pitzhanger Manor-House featuring a performance of Modest Mussorgsky’s ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’. This ten-movement suite describes a visit by the Russian composer to an exhibition of paintings by his friend Victor Hartmann. Following in this spirit of uniting the arts, the recital will be held in the Georgian Eating Room at Pitzhanger Manor, adjacent to PM Gallery which will be open for late night exhibition viewing.
Mulled wine and mince pies.
Tickets: £5
Please call 020 8567 1227 or email pmgallery&house@ealing.gov.uk to book.

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Pictures at an Exhibition
Written well over a century ago, Pictures at an Exhibition still stands one of the greatest representations of the arists' canvas through sound. Composed by Modest Mussorgsky as a tribute to celebrate the work of his close friend Victor Hartmann, Pictures at an Exhibition details his meandering journey through an art gallery.
The music charts the curiosity, charm, humour, mystery, fear and triumph that a two-dimensional medium is able to evoke within the beholder with uncanny realism. The footsteps of the composer as he walks past the exhibits and the living narratives captured within the brushstrokes combine together into this keyboard masterpiece as a meditation on life and a glorification of artistic existence.

Maria Razumovskaya
Described as a 'spellbinding musician' (Murrhardter Zeitung), pianist Maria Razumovskaya is a scholar at the Royal College of Music where her Doctoral studies are generously supported by the AHRC. She has given numerous solo piano recitals across England as part of prominent lunchtime concert series and festivals. Noted by many for the emotional impact of her interpretations, Maria's main interests lie in performing music of the late Romantic era.
Maria studied solo piano performance with Rustem Hayroudinoff at the Royal Academy of Music in London for both her undergraduate and Master’s degrees. She is continuing her piano studies at the Royal College of Music with Dmitri Alexeev.
www.MariaRazumovskaya.com
There is no doubt that we should hear more of this incredibly persuasive and charismatic pianist in the future.
(Time Out, August 2011)