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Grieg, Debussy and Ravel

De Doelen: Grote ZaalKruisstraat 2, Rotterdam, South Holland, 3012 CT, Netherlands
Dates/times in Amsterdam time zone
Thursday 18 February 202720:15

Imagination is everything. Debussy had never seen the ocean floor, yet his La mer conjures the underwater world in all its splendour. Ravel’s La valse transports you to a ballroom in old Vienna. Grieg’s Piano Concerto takes the crown: it dances like a Norwegian wedding guest and smells of the sea breeze. Ravel adored it: ‘Apart from Debussy, there is no composer to whom I feel so akin as Grieg.’

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© Eduardus Lee
© Eduardus Lee
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