Pictures at an Exhibition. London City Ballet film screening with live piano, Reina Okada

Ripon Concerts welcomes pianist Reina Okada for an afternoon centred around Mussorgsky's iconic Pictures at an Exhibition, performed live in its original piano version. The first half features a wide-ranging programme: Chopin's 'Aeolian Harp' Étude, Beethoven's 'Pathétique Sonata,' Bach's Prelude in B minor (arranged by Siloti), Debussy's Images, Book 1, and Scriabin's Étude Op.8 No.12. After the interval, Okada performs Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition live, accompanying a screening of London City Ballet's production, choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky.

Reina Okada has been praised for her interpretation of the work, with Bachtrack noting her ability to capture the grandeur of the Great Gate of Kiev, the humour of the Chickens and the menace of Gnomus.

Programme

Frédéric Chopin – Étude Op.25 No.1 "Aeolian Harp" 
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.8, Op.13 "Pathétique" 
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude in B minor, BWV 855a (arr. Siloti) 
Claude Debussy – Images, Book 1 
Alexander Scriabin – Étude Op.8 No.12
Interval
Modest Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version) with live accompaniment to a screening of London City Ballet's production, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky