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Bois de Boulogne to the Avenue Foch

Georgia Mann traces the area in Paris where Debussy's life reached its difficult conclusion, in a city besieged by war, in the last flickering moments of its Belle Epoque.

Georgia Mann traces the area in Paris where Debussy's life reached its difficult conclusion, in a city besieged by war, in the last flickering moments of its Belle 脡poque.
Featuring some of music that Debussy composed at the very end of his life.

Debussy:
"Noel des enfants qui n'ont plus de maison" (Tapiola Choir/Kari Ala-Pollanen)
Pi猫ce pour l'艙uvre du V锚tement du Bless茅 (Noriko Ogawa)
Les soir illumines par l'ardeur du charbon (Jean Efflan Bavouzet)
Elegie (Noriko Ogawa)
En blanc et noir - mvts 2&3 (Martha Argerich and Stephen Kovacevich).

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 24 Mar 2018 21:30

Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Noel des enfants qui n'ont plus de maisons

    Choir: Tapiolan kuoro.
    • ONDINE.
  • Claude Debussy

    Piece pour L'oeuvre du Vetement du blesse

    Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • BIS.
  • Claude Debussy

    Les soirs illumines par l'ardeur de chabon

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
  • Claude Debussy

    Elegie (1915)

    Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • BIS.
  • Claude Debussy

    Blanc et Noir (Movements II & III)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.
    • Decca.

Broadcast

  • Sat 24 Mar 2018 21:30

Debussy's Paris

Radio 3 marks Debussy 100 with programmes dedicated to the composer & his sensuous music.