Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition from the Edinburgh Festival

Elizabeth Alker introduces highlights from this year's BBC Proms, including Samuel Barber's Symphony No. 1 from the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor James Gaffigan. We also visit the Edinburgh International Festival for highlights from three concerts today, including a dazzling brass band arrangement of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, and performances of Handel and Geminiani from the Venice Baroque Orchestra.

Edinburgh International Festival:
Georg Frideric Handel
Concerto Grosso in G major, Op. 6 No. 1
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon (conductor)

BBC Proms:
Samuel Barber – Symphony No. 1
BBC Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan (conductor)

Edinburgh International Festival:
Modest Mussorgsky arr. Elgar Howarth
Pictures at an Exhibition
The Wallace Collection & Friends

Summer Festivities of Early Music, Prague:
Giovanni da Palestrina
Missa Papae Marcelli (Credo)
Stile Antico

Edinburgh International Festival:
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso in D minor “La Folia” (after Corelli’s Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 5 No. 12)
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon (conductor)

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