Great paintings inspired many classical music composers, including Respighi, Mussorgsky, Schuller, Vaughan Williams, Hindemith, and others. Give a listen and see if you can hear the picture – 6 to 9 a.m., Saturday, May 24, 2025. Curated and hosted by Joe Truskot. Listen to Respighi’s Trittico Botticelliana (Vasary/Bournemouth Sinfonietta), Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition (Andrew Armstrong), Hindemith’s Symphonie ‘Mathis der Maler’ (Karajan/Berlin Phil), Gunther Schuller’s Seven Studies on Themes by Paul Klee (Dorati/Minneapolis Sym), Job: A Masque for Dancing, based on the Book of Job illustrated by William Blake (Davis/BBC Sym Orch) and much more. Cover image: The Isenheim Altarpiece depicting two episodes in the Life of St. Anthony by Matthias Grünewald.
Viktor Hartmann’s The Great Gate of Kiev – Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition
The Choir of Angels from The Book of Job illustrated by William Blake – Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Job: A Masque for Dancing
The Twittering Machine by Paul Klee – Gunther Schuller’s Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee
The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli – Ottorino Resphighi’s Trittico Botticelliana
