Debussy and Ravel: As Written and Transcribed

Part of the RCM's 'Fête Française', a concert exploring Debussy's atmospheric settings of sensous love poems. RCM musicians play Debussy's 'Chansons de Bilitis' (excerpts); Debussy arr Roger Nichols 'Six épigraphes antiques'; Debussy arr Ken Hesketh Deux arabesques; Ravel's Introduction et Allegro. (The concert will be introduced by composer Kenneth Hesketh and French music expert Robert Orledge.)