Amidst dazzling landscapes and narratives, the sounds of the orchestra paint scenes of light, dreams, mystery and modernity. Debussy took “clouds” and “parties” as a pretext to seek diffuse perceptions as free as the imagination. Drawing on Mallarmé’s literary impressionism, he digressed on the story of a faun who, while playing the pan flute in the middle of the forest, allows himself to be intoxicated by the presence of nymphs. Mussorgsky also drew inspiration from words, but from Godol. In A Night on Bald Mountain, he suggests underground murmurs of supernatural voices, apparitions of dark spirits, and celebrates the black mass, the sabbath. Finally, Gershwin musically portrayed the dazzlement of an American tourist faced with the glamour of the Champs-Élysées and the Eiffel Tower.
Paisagens Sonoras
Orquestra Académica Metropolitana & Orquestra Clássica Metropolitana
C. Debussy 2 of 3 Nocturnes (Nuages and Fêtes)
C. Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
M. Mussorgsky A Night on Bald Mountain
G. Gershwin An American in Paris
Jean-Marc Burfin and/or Orchestral Conducting Students – ANSO musical direction
