Sarah Bryan Miller for stltoday.com/St. Louis Post Dispatch A&E
Modest Mussorgsky was inspired to compose his tone poem “Pictures at an Exhibition” after walking through an exhibition of paintings by his friend Viktor Hartmann. Now, as the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra performs the popular favorite next weekend, they’ll show paintings, pastels and sketches in the lobby, inspired by the music-making of the SLSO, by 12 local artists in “Mussorgsky in Reverse.” Read more...