Masterworks I: Pictures and Poetry
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Experience an evening where music, poetry, and visual art come together in the opening Masterworks concert of the Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra’s 2026–2027 season.
Under the direction of Matthew Sheppard, the MDSO presents Pictures and Poetry, a program filled with music inspired by stories, images, imagination, and the written word.
The evening culminates in Mussorgsky’s magnificent Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Maurice Ravel. Inspired by a collection of artworks, Mussorgsky’s musical journey moves listeners from one vivid scene to another. For this performance, projected images will accompany the music, adding a visual dimension to one of the orchestral repertoire’s most colorful and beloved works.
Program
Franz von Suppé
Overture to Poet and Peasant
Claude Debussy
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Charles Tomlinson Griffes
The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan
Jessie Montgomery
Starburst
Under the direction of Matthew Sheppard, the MDSO presents Pictures and Poetry, a program filled with music inspired by stories, images, imagination, and the written word.
The evening culminates in Mussorgsky’s magnificent Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Maurice Ravel. Inspired by a collection of artworks, Mussorgsky’s musical journey moves listeners from one vivid scene to another. For this performance, projected images will accompany the music, adding a visual dimension to one of the orchestral repertoire’s most colorful and beloved works.
Program
Franz von Suppé
Overture to Poet and Peasant
Claude Debussy
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Charles Tomlinson Griffes
The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan
Jessie Montgomery
Starburst
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Where is it happening?
Kirkland Fine Arts Center, 1215 W. Kirkland Drive,Decatur,IL,United States
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Host or PublisherMillikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra
