Ravel pushed boundaries inhis song writing, blurringthe lines between naturalspoken and sung French inways that scandalised hiscontemporaries. In 1913,Stravinsky introduced him toSchoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire andhis own Three Japanese Lyrics.Ravel was inspired to bringan instrumental quality to hisvocal writing and this led to hisChansons madécasses. ExploreRavel's superlative mastery ofinstrumentation alongside hisunique imaginative approachto setting the French language,in these sessions presented bycomposer Julian Philips, withpianist Laura Roberts, visitingspeaker Deborah Mawer and student performersfrom the Guildhall School ofMusic and Drama.