Rafael Payare and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal give us all the magic of musical Impressionism signed Ravel and Debussy: the aura of refinement and mystery, the ravishing iridescent half-tones. This concert is also a retrospective journey to Paris in the early 20th century, an immersion in the enchanting world of ballet and the fascination with exoticism and the “far away” of legends—whose expression can hardly be more vivid than in the iconic Boléro.
Maurice RAVEL, Ma mère l’Oye [Mother Goose]
Ernest CHAUSSON, Poème for violin and Orchestra, op. 25
Claude DEBUSSY, Ibéria, excerpt from Images pour orchestre
Maurice RAVEL, Boléro