Claude Debussy
Sonate en trio in F major for flute, viola and harp (1915)
»Deux Danses« for harp and string quintet (1904)
»Syrinx« for flute solo (1913)
Claude Debussy / Pierre Louÿs
»Chansons de Bilitis« Music for scenic recitation of twelve poems for speaker, two flutes, two harps and celesta
(1900–01)
- Marie Daniel Violin
- Jordan Ofiesh Violin
- Nathan Braude Viola
- Bonian Tian Violoncello
- Johannes Seidl Double bass
- Sunghyun Cho Flute
- Priska Rauh Flute
- Nathalie Streichardt Narrator
- Amandine Duchênes Celesta
- Saskia Kwast Harp
- Antonia Schreiber Harp
Harp and flute – in Claude Debussy’s oeuvre, they always become the medium of a mythical nature, of a time that is lost and found again, of a sensual foray into an alien yet familiar world. The programme focussing on Debussy’s compositions for the older siblings of Apollo’s lyre and the flute of Pan, the god of shepherds, climaxes in a performance of Debussy’s Chansons de Bilitis, visually powerful incidental music for the recitation of twelve erotic poems that Debussy’s contemporary Pierre Louÿs purportedly translated from Greek – an ingenious fin de siècle fake. A concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of Debussy’s death on 25 March 2018.
