skip navigation | text only | accessibility | site map
Share
Claude Debussy (uncredited)

What to Listen for in Music: The French Connection, Session I: Debussy and Ravel

NSO cellist Yvonne Caruthers explores how French composers Debussy and Ravel developed a new style of writing music, breaking out of the Germanic (i.e. Mozart and Beethoven) style.

  • Sat., Oct. 30, 2010, 2:00 PM
  • Atrium
  • 90 minutes
  • $15.00
This event has already closed.
Please use the event calendar to search for current events.

About

In a pair of lectures, National Symphony Orchestra cellist Yvonne Caruthers guides patrons on an auditory journey through the music of Debussy and Ravel to unlock the secrets of Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie. Note: The NSO does not perform in these sessions. 

Session I: Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel
Claude Debussy was one of the first French composers to break out of the Germanic (i.e. Mozart and Beethoven) style of writing music. A generation later, Maurice Ravel followed in Debussy's footsteps. Learn how Debussy and Ravel broke with tradition, yet created sensual, colorful music. Selections to be heard include Debussy's Afternoon of a Faun and La Mer, and Ravel's La Valse and Daphnis.
 
Session II: Olivier Messiaen and the Turangalîla-Symphonie
Saturday, March 5, 2011
2 p.m.
Theater Lab

Yvonne Caruthers, in addition to performing with the NSO, presents multimedia programs throughout the Washington region. She is a frequent lecturer at the Smithsonian where she presents seminars on music-related topics. At the Kennedy Center, she has presented lectures on several composers, including Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, and Prokofiev.

Related Events

National Symphony Orchestra: Xian Zhang, conductor / Gil Shaham, violin, plays Prokofiev National Symphony Orchestra: Xian Zhang, conductor / Gil Shaham, violin, plays Prokofiev Gil Shaham, whom the New York Times calls "a highly physical player," is the soloist in Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2 conducted by Xian Zhang. Also on the program are works by Debussy, Stravinsky, and Bartók.

National Symphony Orchestra: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / Messiaen's <i>Turangalîla-Symphonie</i> National Symphony Orchestra: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie As part of the maximum INDIA festival, Christoph Eschenbach conducts Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie. Joining the NSO are pianist Cédric Tiberghien and ondes martenot player Tristan Murail.

All events and artists subject to change without prior notice.

Group of 20 or more? Group Sales offers special terms and discounts for most performances.

This event has already closed.

Please use the event calendar to search for current events.

Loading...