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Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

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The Market

This movement was subtitled The Market, meant to portray French women fighting in the marketplace. There is a furious energy in this movement, probably higher than any other in the piece so far. In the original manuscript, Morsorksky added two stories in French for this movement, but later crossed them out. But here they are as we listen.

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