Pictures at an Exhibition | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Maybe it was the vodka talking, but when Modest Mussorgsky set out to tell a story in music, he made it a good one! Gnomes, talking skulls and a whole row of dancing chicks...Pictures at an Exhibition is simply one of the most fabulously imaginative half-hours you’ll ever hear, and in Ravel’s lavish orchestral version, it sparkles and shines with all the colours of a Russian carnival. Opera North music director Richard Farnes really knows how to do drama, so expect thrills, spills, and poetry too, as he joins one of Britain’s most engaging violinists in Beethoven’s sunlit and serene Violin Concerto. Weber’s fairytale overture gets the magic started.