Artists
- Nash Ensemble
- Lawrence Powerviola
- Ian Brownpiano, conductor
- Stéphanie d'Oustracmezzo-soprano
Archived Event
Debussy, Vierne, Honnoré, Duparc and Ravel
Nash Ensemble; Lawrence Power; Ian Brown; Stéphanie d'Oustrac
- Date
- Sat 13 Jan 2018, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Claude Debussy1862-1918
- Prélude à l'après midi d'un faune(arranged by Benno Sachs)
- Louis Vierne1870-1937
- Deux pièces Op. 5
- Claude Debussy1862-1918
- Beau soir:
- arr. for viola and piano
- Léon Honnoré1859-1930
- Morceau de concert Op. 23
- Henri Duparc1848-1933
- L'invitation au voyage
- Phidylé
- Claude Debussy1862-1918
- 3 Poèmes de Mallarmé(arranged by Colin Matthews for voice and ensemble)
Interval
- Maurice Ravel1875-1937
- Chansons madécasses
- String Quartet in F
Overview
Debussy’s epoch-making Prélude à l’après-midi d’unfaune prefaces a group of French viola pieces by Vierne,Debussy and the little-known Honnoré.
French mezzo-sopranoStéphanie d’Oustrac sings two exquisite songsby Duparc alongside an arrangement of Debussy’selusive Mallarmé cycle, before the concert ends withmagnificent works by Ravel.
This concert is scheduled for broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Wednesday 17 January at 7:30pm