The melodies of Debussy and Ravel
A nod to poetry, an art for which Pierre Boulez developed a particular affinity and which he conducted the works of two composers on numerous occasions: Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. An anthology of their melodies will be performed by two long-standing collaborators, the bass-baritone Vincent Le Texier and the pianist Ancuza Aprodu.
Introduction
Programme
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Deux romances (Two romances)
1. L'âme évaporée (The spent and suffering soul)
2. Les cloches (The bells)
Trois mélodies (Three melodies) by Verlaine
1. La mer est plus belle que les cathédrales (The sea is lovelier than the cathedrals)
2. Le son du cor s'afflige vers les bois (The sound of the horn)
3. L'échelonnement des haies moutonne à l'infini (The hedgerows stretch out)
Fêtes galantes II
1. Les ingénus (The innocents)
2. Le faune (The faun)
3. Colloque sentimental (Lover's dialogue)
Préludes, Deuxième livre (Preludes Book II)
3. La puerta del vino (The wine gate)
Le Promenoir des deux amants (The walk of the two lovers)
1. Auprès de cette grotte sombre (Close to this dark grotto)
2. Crois mon conseil, chère Climène (Trust my counsel, dear Climène)
3. Je tremble en voyant ton visage (I tremble when I see your face)
Trois chansons de France (extraits) (Three songs of France [excerpts])
1. Rondel: Le temps a laissé son manteau (The season has shed its cloak)
3. Rondel: Pour ce que Plaisance est morte (Because Plaisance is dead)
Trois ballades de François Villon (Three Ballads of François Villon)
1. Ballade de Villon à s'amye (Ballad of Villon to his love)
2. Ballade que Villon fait à la requeste de sa mère (Ballad made at his mother's request for a prayer to Our Lady)
3. Ballade des femmes de Paris (Ballad of the Women of Paris)
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Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Sainte
Histoires naturelles
1. Le paon (The Peacock)
2. Le grillon (The Cricket)
3. Le cygne (The Swan)
4. Le martin-pêcheur (The Kingfisher)
5. La pintade (The Guinea-fowl)
Cinq mélodies populaires grecques (Five populare Greek melodies)
1. Chanson de la mariée (The bride's awakening)
2. Là-bas, vers l'église (Down there by the church)
3. Quel galant m'est comparable (What gallant can compare with me?)
4. Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques (Song of the lentisk gatherers)
5. Tout gai! (So merry!)
Don Quichotte à Dulcinée (Don Quixote to Dulcinea)
1. Chanson romanesque (Romantic song)
2. Chanson épique (Epic Song)
3. Chanson à boire (Drinking song)
Vincent Le Texier, bass-baritone
Ancuza Aprodu, piano
1h40 with intermission***
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A pre-concert talk at 6pm "Messagesquisse: Boulez and poetry" with François Meïmoun, musicologist.
Booking required: contact@printempsdesarts.mc ou +377 93 25 54 10
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Photo credit: Ancuza Aprodu and Vincent Le Texier © Rights reserved.
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