An informative & inspiring lecture demonstration on the music of Debussy & the paintings of Monet & other French Impressionists
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Claude Debussy — Études Book 1
Claude Debussy — Études Book 2
Claude Debussy — Images Book 2
Paul Roberts, piano
Paul Roberts is the artistic director of the international summer school for pianists Music at Chateau d’Aix, in southern France. In London he teaches at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where he has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship (FGS). His new book, Reading Franz Liszt, in which he illuminates the literary inspiration underlying many of Liszt’s major piano works, will be published in May next year.
Program: Some of Claude Debussy's landscape pieces, including "La cathédrale engloutie" and "Reflets dans l'eau" in relation to Claude Monet’s Poplar Trees and Nymphéas. Paul will also talk about the influence of Asian art on the Impressionist painters, especially Japanese prints (that Debussy loved and collected), and illustrate this with pieces from Images Book 2, especially "Les cloches à travers les feuilles".
The broadcast will take place at 5pm Pacific.
RSVP for details/broadcast link.
$10+ minimum payment to musicians, $3 reservation fee.