Artists
- Lucy Parhampiano
- Sir Simon Russell Bealenarrator
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Lucy Parham
Image credit: © Benjamin Ealovega
REVERIE: The life and loves of Claude Debussy
Lucy Parham piano; Sir Simon Russell Beale narrator
- Date
- Sun 09 Nov 2025, 7.30pm
- Tickets
- £40 £37 £33 £27 £18
- Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Ticket bookings are subject to a £4.00 booking fee. This fee covers the whole booking and is not per ticket
Programme
- Claude Debussy1862-1918
- Rêverie
- Danse bohémienne
- 2 Arabesques:
- Arabesque No. 1
- Estampes:
- La soirée dans Grenade
- Pagodes
- Préludes Book I:
- La fille aux cheveux de lin
- Estampes:
- Jardins sous la pluie
Interval
- Préludes Book I:
- Des pas sur la neige
- Images, Series 1:
- I. Reflets dans l'eau
- Images, Series 2:
- Poissons d'or
- Children's Corner:
- Golliwogg's Cake-Walk
- Suite bergamasque:
- III. Clair de lune
- Etudes Book I:
- Pour les huit doigts
- L'isle joyeuse
Overview
One of the most prolific and innovative composers of the early 20th Century, Claude Debussy absorbed and transformed cultural influences from countries as far apart as Scotland (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair), Japan (Poissons d’or) and the USA (Cake-Walk). A crucial element of Debussy’s complex intellectual and emotional world was an entangled love life that brought illicit trysts in Jersey, a brush with a revolver and even a suicide attempt.
Rêverie is the fourth Composer Portrait compiled and scripted by pianist Lucy Parham. The narrative of Rêverie, which takes the form of a personal journal, follows him from his initial success with the Prix de Rome in 1885 to his untimely death in 1918. It is punctuated with solo piano works ranging from the ever-popular lyricism of Clair de lune, Rêverie and The Girl with the Flaxen Hair to such virtuosic showpieces as Jardins sous la pluie, the Etudes and L’isle joyeuse.
'One of the must see events on the musical calendar'
BBC Music Magazine
'Winningly compiled and performed'
BBC Music Magazine
'Recording of the Year'
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