River and Sea

The story goes that, before becoming an admired composer, Claude Debussy dreamed of being a sailor and dedicating his life to a sea that he considered to be infinitely beautiful. It’s no wonder that La mer, one of his most popular works, was inspired by this passion for the sea and its immense suggestive power. The sea, but also the various places to which the imagery of water takes us, are reflected in these musical works by Wagner, Rimsky-Korsakov, Smetana and Adès.

Programme
Richard Wagner
The Flying Dutchman: Overture
Claude Debussy
La mer (1st movement)
Bedrich Smetana
The Moldau
Thomas Adès
Shanty – Over the Sea
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship (from Scheherazade, op. 35)

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