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大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
23 Nov 2018, Perth Concert Hall
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大象传媒 SSO 2018-19 Season Perth Concert Series -Debussy 'La Mer'

大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Perth Concert Series -Debussy 'La Mer'
19:30 Fri 23 Nov 2018 Perth Concert Hall
Thomas Dausgaard conducts works by Debussy and Ravel in Perth.
Thomas Dausgaard conducts works by Debussy and Ravel in Perth.

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鈥淚 have slandered the sea鈥 wrote Claude Debussy. 鈥淭oday it is beautiful enough to defy all comparisons鈥. Yet 100 years after his death in 1918, Debussy鈥檚 'La Mer' is surely the most poetic seascape ever painted for an orchestra, the work of a composer whose quiet genius turned music into an art of limitless expressive subtlety. This centenary celebration opens with Nocturnes 鈥 Impressionist paintings, transformed into ravishing sound 鈥 and includes the 'Pr茅lude' whose unprecedented sensuality scandalised Belle 脡poque Paris. But there鈥檚 darkness as well as light: Thomas Dausgaard joins Joaqu铆n Ach煤carro in the brooding concerto that Debussy鈥檚 compatriot Ravel created for a pianist who鈥檇 lost an arm in the Great War.

Pre-concert talk at 6.45pm (in the main auditorium): Thomas Dausgaard, the 大象传媒 SSO's Chief Conductor, and pianist Joaqu铆n Ach煤carro discuss tonight's concert and their musical passions (free to ticket holders).