As we celebrate the music of Claude Debussy this week, we'll take a look at one of Debussy's ardent admirers and the foremost "impressionist" of American music, Charles Tomlinson Griffes. Poul Rosenbaum performs Griffes' freewheeling "Fantasy Pieces" for piano.
Music by Debussy follows, of course, with the Juilliard String Quartet in the Quartet in G Minor; we'll also hear Estonian composer Arvo Pärt's "Spiegel im Spiegel" (Mirror in the mirror), featuring saxophonist Simon Haram. Music by Ibert, Vivaldi and Brahms fill out the latter hour; also, Dvorak's famous Violin Concerto with Kyung Wa Chung (Riccardo Muti leads the Philadelphia Orchestra).
Music by Debussy follows, of course, with the Juilliard String Quartet in the Quartet in G Minor; we'll also hear Estonian composer Arvo Pärt's "Spiegel im Spiegel" (Mirror in the mirror), featuring saxophonist Simon Haram. Music by Ibert, Vivaldi and Brahms fill out the latter hour; also, Dvorak's famous Violin Concerto with Kyung Wa Chung (Riccardo Muti leads the Philadelphia Orchestra).
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