Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano
Performers
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano
Program
DEBUSSY Préludes, Book I
DEBUSSY Préludes, Book II
Encore:
LISZT Consolation No. 3 in D-flat Major, S.172
Event Duration
The printed program will last approximately two hours, including one 20-minute intermission. Please note that there will be no late seating before intermission.Listen to Selected Works
At a Glance
Debussy and the innovative style of piano writing associated with the rubric “Debussyism” were firmly established in the public mind by the time his two sets of solo Préludes appeared between 1910 and 1913. The 24 pieces of Books I and II illustrate the full spectrum of Debussy’s revolutionary approach to the keyboard: the gusty arpeggios and tremolos of “Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest”; the tender, folk-like simplicity of “La fille aux cheveux de lin”; the clownish antics of “Minstrels”; the misty, opalescent textures of “Brouillards”; the exoticism of “La puerta del vino”; and, last but far from least, the kaleidoscopic brilliance of “Feux d’artifice.”