Anna Harwell Celenza

A children's story based on real events that shows how the death of one friend and the encouragement of another led to nineteenth-century composer Modest Mussorgsky's creation of the piano suite "Pictures at an Exhibition." Includes piano and orchestral versions of the piece on audio CD.

In 1772, with summer long gone and winter fast approaching, Joseph Haydn, court musician to Prince Nicholas of Esterhazy, creates a symphony that finally persuades his oblivious employer to close up his summer palace and allow the staff to return home.