Claude Debussy's La Mer May 6, 2007

Claude Debussy - La Mer (1905)

American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein

$17

Arguably his orchestral masterpiece. How did Claude Debussy attempt to transfer the techniques of painting to music? What made his orchestral palette so colorful? Did the turbulence in his private life mirror that of the stormy sea he depicts? Go beneath the waves of Debussy's brilliant La Mer.

Each season at Miller Theatre, Leon Botstein and members of the American Symphony Orchestra explore masterworks in a series of informal, interactive Sunday matinee concerts:

1) Leon Botstein and the Orchestra discuss the composer and the work, illustrating in music how this masterpiece came to be written.
2) After a brief intermission, Leon Botstein and the Orchestra perform the work in its entirety. You'll experience this music with fresh insight and understanding
3) Following the performance, share your questions and comments with Maestro Botstein and the Orchestra in a special post-concert discussion.

Official Website: http://www.americansymphony.org/concerts/concert_detail.cfm?Concert=45