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Debussy – La mer (The Sea)

Video-masterclass with: Michael Cox – Principal BBC Symphony Orchestra

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Debussy - La mer (The Sea) - Flute Excerpt

by Swiss Romande Orchestra | Naxos Classical Archives

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Work 

  • Debussy – La mer

Composed

  • 1905

Movements

  • “De l’aube à midi sur la mer” – très lent – animez peu à peu
  • “Jeux de vagues” – allegro (dans un rythme très souple) – animé
  • “Dialogue du vent et de la mer” – animé et tumultueux – cédez très légérement
  • “From dawn to noon on the sea” – very slow – animate little by little 
  • “Play of the Waves” – allegro (with a very versatile rhythm) – animated
  • “Dialogue of the wind and the sea” – animated and tumultuous – give up very slightly

Audio excerpts from

  • Label: Naxos Classical Archives
  • Artists: Swiss Romande Orchestra

Video lesson by

  • Michael Cox

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