The sound of the wind across the water, the play of light on the waves, the shifting, undulating nature of a watery world. It's all there in Claude Debussy's "La Mer," his dramatic depiction of the sea. It's the ultimate in water music, and today we'll feature a performance of Debussy's masterpiece by the Radio France Philharmonic.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Alexander Scriabin: Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 2, No. 1 and Etude in D-flat, Op. 8, No. 10
Pianist Lang Lang
Dmitri Shostakovich: Intermezzo and Finale from Quintet in G Minor for Piano and String Quartet, Op. 57
Pianist Edward Auer with the Amernet String Quartet
Hampden-Sydney Music Festival, Hampden-Sydney, Virginia
Wen Chang Lu: "The Moon Reflection on the Lake"
Pianist Lang Lang
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Claude Debussy: "La Mer"
The Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Myung-Whun Chung
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
Hour 2
Felix Mendelssohn: Intermezzo from String Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 13
The Juilliard String Quartet
Johann Strauss, Sr.: "Philomel's Waltz"
The Vienna Philharmonic with conductor Riccardo Muti
Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
Ludwig van Beethoven: Finale from String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat, Op. 130
The Juilliard String Quartet
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto No. 23 in A for Piano and Orchestra
Pianist Imogen Cooper with the Northern Sinfonia and conductor Thomas Zehetmair
The Sage Gateshead, Newcastle, England
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