Debussy’s landmark La Mer captures the shimmering mysteriousness and power of the sea, and Englishman Ralph Vaughan William’s Sea Symphony is an epic masterpiece blending the poetry of Walt Whitman with a transformative voyage of the human spirit.
ALLAN R. SCOTT – Conductor
LEAH PARTRIDGE – Soprano
EVAN BRAVOS – Baritone
Helena Symphony Orchestra & Chorale
DEBUSSY La Mer
I. De l’aube à midi sur la mer
(From Noon to Dawn on the Sea)
II. Jeux de vagues (Play of the Waves)
III. Dialgoue du vent et de la mer
(Dialogue of the Wind and Sea)
–– INTERMISSION ––
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 1, A Sea Symphony
Ms. Partridge, soprano
Mr. Bravos, baritone
I. A Song for All Seas, All Ships
II. On the Beach at Night, Alone
III. Scherzo: The Waves
IV. The Explorers
Performed in English with English subtitles.
