Maurice Ravel 150th Anniversary Recital: Piano recital by David Brain at St Cyprian's Clarence Gate, London on Saturday 25th October 2025

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Maurice Ravel 150th Anniversary Recital

Piano recital by David Brain

Add to my Calendar 25-10-2025 19:00 25-10-2025 21:00 36 Maurice Ravel 150th Anniversary Recital With the single exception of Le Tombeau de Couperin, all of Ravel's seminal piano works are represented in this programme marking the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth. Where better to start than the Lisztian felicities of Jeux d'eau - widely regarded as music history's first fully fledged Impressionist piano work. Ravel's preoccupation with the Viennese waltz brings us Valses nobles et sentimentales, a vivid dance suite culminating in a nostalgic apotheosis coda. Graphically rendered portraits of a water nymph, hanging corpse and a malevolent dwarf form the masterly triptych that is Gaspard de la nuit. A lifelong love of Mozart declares itself in the clean, cool lines of the Sonatine followed by the early Pavane pour une Infante défunte whose grave beauty first endeared Ravel to his audience. To conclude, French impressionism reaches its apogee in Miroirs, evoking turbulent water, bells, moths, birds and a fiery picture postcard from Spain. There will be an interval with free refreshments. St Cyprian's Clarence Gate, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Cyprian's Clarence Gate
Glentworth Street
Marylebone
London
NW1 6AX
England

Saturday 25th October 2025
7:00 PM

Programme

Maurice Ravel – Jeux d'eau
Maurice Ravel – Valses Nobles et sentimentales for piano
Maurice Ravel – Gaspard de la Nuit
Maurice Ravel – Sonatine
Maurice Ravel – Pavane pour une Infante Defunté
Maurice Ravel – Miroirs

Performers

David Brain – piano

Programme Note

With the single exception of Le Tombeau de Couperin, all of Ravel's seminal piano works are represented in this programme marking the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth. Where better to start than the Lisztian felicities of Jeux d'eau - widely regarded as music history's first fully fledged Impressionist piano work.

Ravel's preoccupation with the Viennese waltz brings us Valses nobles et sentimentales, a vivid dance suite culminating in a nostalgic apotheosis coda.

Graphically rendered portraits of a water nymph, hanging corpse and a malevolent dwarf form the masterly triptych that is Gaspard de la nuit.

A lifelong love of Mozart declares itself in the clean, cool lines of the Sonatine followed by the early Pavane pour une Infante défunte whose grave beauty first endeared Ravel to his audience.

To conclude, French impressionism reaches its apogee in Miroirs, evoking turbulent water, bells, moths, birds and a fiery picture postcard from Spain.

There will be an interval with free refreshments.

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