So I was listening to Pandora radio and one of my favorite pieces came on... Pictures at an Exhibition. Pictures at an Exhibition was composed by Modest Mussorsky based off of his friend's picture show, so it is pretty interesting how he composed the music by giving a tour of the exhibition. Originally this piece was written for piano, but over the years there have been other arrangements and orchestrations for bands or orchestras. I have played parts of Pictures at an Exhibition in both my band and orchestra from high school. The symphony band played it and for orchestra, I played alongside 5 other musicians.
On this Wikipedia page, there are recordings of the movements in this piece.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictures_at_an_Exhibition
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