Listen "CSO Program Notes: Debussy La mer & Ravel La valse"
Episode Synopsis
David Afkham conducts landmarks of early 20th-century French music, including Debussy’s La mer, a shimmering depiction of the sea and its many moods, and Ravel’s La valse, in which a misty waltz morphs into a delirious portrait of a vanished age. Turning to Russia, Israeli violinist Vadim Gluzman takes on Shostakovich’s alternately biting and poignant First Violin Concerto.
Learn more: cso.org/performances/22-23/cso-classical/debussy-la-mer-and-ravel-la-valse
Learn more: cso.org/performances/22-23/cso-classical/debussy-la-mer-and-ravel-la-valse
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