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Reverie – The life and loves of Claude Debussy
Bristol Keyboard Festival
Part of the St Georges Bristol Autumn/Winter 2018 Season
Add to my Calendar 04-11-2018 19:30 04-11-2018 21:30 36 Reverie – The life and loves of Claude Debussy One of the most prolific and innovative composers of the early 20th century, Debussy absorbed and transformed cultural influences from countries as far apart as Scotland and the USA. The narrative of Rêverie follows him from his initial success with the Prix de Rome in 1885 to his untimely death in 1918. It is punctuated with solo piano works ranging from the ever-popular lyricism of Clair de Lune, Reverie and The Girl with the Flaxen Hair to such virtuosic showpieces as Jardins sous la Pluie, the Etudes and L’Isle Joyeuse. St George's Bristol, Bristol DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St George's Bristol
Great George Street
Bristol
BS1 5RR
England
Programme
Claude Debussy – Reverie, L.8 (1890)
Performers
Lucy Parham – piano
Simon Russell – Narrator
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Programme Note
One of the most prolific and innovative composers of the early 20th century, Debussy absorbed and transformed cultural influences from countries as far apart as Scotland and the USA.
The narrative of Rêverie follows him from his initial success with the Prix de Rome in 1885 to his untimely death in 1918. It is punctuated with solo piano works ranging from the ever-popular lyricism of Clair de Lune, Reverie and The Girl with the Flaxen Hair to such virtuosic showpieces as Jardins sous la Pluie, the Etudes and L’Isle Joyeuse.
