Revue Blanche plays Debussy & Van Parys

Annelies Van Parys - Harp Trio & Poïèma

Het Festival in Oost-Vlaanderen

'A surprising dialogue', deemed the press after the debut of Usher: an opera by Belgian composer Annelies Van Parys inspired by musical sketches left by Claude Debussy. Van Parys and Debussy: it’s a story in and of its own. While not using an identical musical vocabulary, they definitely speak the same language: that of sound. The one molding luminous, colorful tone clouds, the other fascinated by the impact of sound on the senses, body and mind. Yet both share a talent for conceiving music that brushes against strings, wood and metal, to elicit atmospheric sounds that crawl underneath the skin. With Debussy’s iconic sonata for flute, viola and harp and Van Parys’ harp trio at its very core, this program weaves poetry and lyricism, timbres and textures, stories of love and lust into a time-less tale. In the ultimate mirror-trick, the antique verses of Sappho echo in the fin-de-siècle flair of Bilitis.

PROGRAM
Debussy* Trois chansons de Bilitis
Van Parys Harp Trio
Debussy Beau soir
Van Parys Poïèma
Debussy Sonate pour flûte, alto et harpe
Debussy ‘Mes longs cheveux...’ uit Pelléas en Mélisande
Debussy ** Proses lyriques

* Arr.: Wim Henderickx
** Arr.: Koenraad Sterckx