Parisienne Festival: Debussy - Prélude a l’Après midi d’un Faune
Festival Parisien: Debussy - Prélude a l’Après midi d’un Faune
Festival Parisien
Date and time
21 Feb 2017 (1:05pm - 2:00pm) Location
Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Price
£6 (£4) advance
£7 (£5) on the door
Orian Quintet
Isa Shih flute
Nikki Wu oboe
Anton Clarke-Butler clarinet
Mark Wilson bassoon
Beetung Goo horn
Kuan – Hua Lai piano
Debussy Prélude a l’Après midi d’un Faune, transcr. For Wind Quintet and Piano
Kelly Leong violin
Kate Kang violin
Aaron Billson cello
Tung Khong Chua piano
Fauré Piano Quartet No.2 in G minor
Pierre Boulez considered l’après-midi d’in faune to be the beginning of modern music: “the flute of the faun brought new breath to the art of music”.
Fauré’s second piano quartet is darker than the first, ardent, dramatic, restless, even violent. It is undeservedly neglected.
