Close networks of likeminded people make fertile ground for creativity as we see in this program featuring French inspired music for harp. All the composers performed today had musical relationships: Debussy inspiring and competing with Ravel; Fauré teaching Ravel at the Conservatoire; Renié influencing Ravel and Debussy; Ravel cavorting with the likes of Falla and Stravinsky. It is amazing to think that such brilliant circles existed, and that they may still exist to perpetuate the evolution of music and culture.
Renié: Contemplation (4’)
Parish-Alvars: Introduction and Variations on Bellini’s Norma, Opus 36 (11’)
Damase: Sonate pour flûte et harpe(19’)
Debussy: Beau Soir(3’)
Fauré: Après un Rêve, Opus 7/1(3’)
Falla: Nana from Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas (4’)
Ravel: Sonatine en Trio (13’)
Instrumentation: harp, flute, viola
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