Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

Pictures at an Exhibition by Russian composer Mussorgsky

"Pictures from an Exhibition" – A Remembrance of Viktor Hartmann  is a suite in 10 movements composed for piano by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1874. It is considered his best and most famous piano composition.  It is known for its various orchestrations and arrangements by other composers, the most famous of which is Maurice Ravel's most performed and recorded arrangement.

Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade (part 1)

Valery Gergiev with The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra play "Pictures at an Exhibition" Promenade (part 1) by Modest Mussorgsky.

Rossini Opera The Siege of Corinthe

Classical Music Datebook:October 9

Rossini Opera Le Siège de Corinthe First Performed, 9 October 1826

Le siège de Corinthe (The Siege of Corinth) is Gioachino Rossini's first French opera. Is is in three acts to a French libretto by Luigi Balocchi and Alexandre Soumet, based on Maometto II by Cesare della Valle. It is also known in its Italian version as L'assedio di Corinto.

Opera History

Le Siège de Corinthe opera by Gioachino Rossini commemorates the siege and ultimate destruction of Missolongi town in 1826 by the Turkish during the ongoing Greek War of Independence (1821–1829). The reference to Corinth is an example of allegory, although Sultan Mehmed II had indeed besieged the city in the 1450s.



This same incident also inspired a prominent painting by Eugène Delacroix (Greece Expiring on the Ruins of Missolonghi), and was mentioned in the writings of Victor Hugo. He tried earlier versions but was not successful.

Steve Jobs Loses Fight with Cancer

Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs succumbs to pancreatic cancer

October 6, 2011 - 11:43AM

Steve Jobs, 56-year old co-founder of Apple, modern era visionary, technology legend, has died. His family and Apple have announced his passing away.  Jobs, who stepped down recently as chief executive, had been suffering from pancreatic cancer.  Rest in peace, Steve Jobs.  He will surely be missed in the technology world he had given so much of.