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French Impressions
Ripon Cathedral, Minster Road, Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 1QT
Saturday 20 Apr 2024
Doors open at 7.00 pmConcert 7.30 pm
Adults £20/£25/£30
Under 18s FREE
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St Cecilia Orchestra
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French Impressions
A programme bringing together the greatest of the French Impressionist composers: Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.
Debussy’s symphonic work, La Mer, completed in 1905, is a rich and evocative depiction of the underwater realm in three poetic movements. Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G was composed following a tour of the USA. The influences of American Jazz are readily apparent in the outer movements, while the serene slow movement confirms Ravel’s status as a ‘master of melody’. St Cecilia Orchestra is joined by South African born pianist, Roelof Temmingh - described by Matthew Parris in The Times as playing ‘...like a musician twice his age, with the energy and passion of youth and the precision and fluency of a much more experienced soloist.’
Ticket available online from www.ticketsource.co.uk/st-cecilia, from Harrogate Theatre, Little Ripon Bookshop and on the door.
Debussy’s symphonic work, La Mer, completed in 1905, is a rich and evocative depiction of the underwater realm in three poetic movements. Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G was composed following a tour of the USA. The influences of American Jazz are readily apparent in the outer movements, while the serene slow movement confirms Ravel’s status as a ‘master of melody’. St Cecilia Orchestra is joined by South African born pianist, Roelof Temmingh - described by Matthew Parris in The Times as playing ‘...like a musician twice his age, with the energy and passion of youth and the precision and fluency of a much more experienced soloist.’
Ticket available online from www.ticketsource.co.uk/st-cecilia, from Harrogate Theatre, Little Ripon Bookshop and on the door.