L'isle Joyeuse ("The Isle of Joy"), L. 106 (Claude Debussy) – Upcoming Concerts

Program includes works by Claude Debussy, Guido Agosti, Igor Stravinsky, Minako Tokuyama, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Nikolai Kapustin, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, and Camille Saint-Saëns.

Freya Waley-Cohen — Isle
Claude Debussy — L'isle Joyeuse ("The Isle of Joy"), L. 106
Olivier Messiaen — Je dors mais mon cœur veille
Freya Waley-Cohen — Bad Habit (U.S. premiere)
Oliver Knussen — Ophelia's Last Dance
Freya Waley-Cohen — For Simon
Olivier Messiaen — Vingt Regards X: Regard de l'Esprit de joie

Program includes works by Arvo Pärt, Fritz Kreisler, Béla Bartók, Gabriel Dupont, Franz Joseph Haydn, Madeleine Dring, and Claude Debussy.

Olivier Messiaen — Vingt Regards sur l'enfant-Jésus ("Le baiser de l'Enfant-Jésus" & "Regard de l'esprit de joie")
Alexander Scriabin — Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 66
Claude Debussy — L'isle Joyeuse ("The Isle of Joy"), L. 106
Frédéric Chopin — Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Frédéric Chopin — Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38
Frédéric Chopin — Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47
Frédéric Chopin — Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — String Duo No. 2 in B-flat major for violin and viola, K. 424
Claude Debussy — L'isle Joyeuse ("The Isle of Joy"), L. 106
Claude Debussy — "V. Bruyères" from Préludes, Book II
Claude Debussy — Préludes, Book II, No. 3: La Puerta del Vino
Johann Sebastian Bach — Chromatic Fantasia (Fantasy) and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903 ("I. Fantasy"; arr. D. Stanley Hasty)
George Gershwin — An American in Paris ("Blues"; arr. Michele Mangani)

Alexander Scriabin — Fantasie in B minor Op. 28
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco — Cipressi ("Cypresses"), Op. 17
Claude Debussy — Préludes, Book II, No. 7: La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
Claude Debussy — Préludes, Book I, No. 7: Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest
Claude Debussy — L'isle Joyeuse ("The Isle of Joy"), L. 106
Franz Liszt — Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178

Alexander Scriabin — Fantasie in B minor Op. 28
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco — Cipressi ("Cypresses"), Op. 17
Claude Debussy — Préludes, Book II, No. 7: La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
Claude Debussy — Préludes, Book I, No. 7: Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest
Claude Debussy — L'isle Joyeuse ("The Isle of Joy"), L. 106
Franz Liszt — Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178

Johann Sebastian Bach / Ferruccio Busoni — "V. Chaconne" from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
Claude Debussy — Images pour piano Book 1, CD 105, L.110
Claude Debussy — L'isle Joyeuse ("The Isle of Joy"), L. 106
Frédéric Chopin — Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Claude Debussy — Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune ("Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun") (arr. Leonard Borwick)

Program includes works by Sergei Prokofiev, Claude Debussy, Alexander Scriabin, Stephen Hough, Valentin Silvestrov (Valentyn Sylvestrov), and Lowell Liebermann.

Claude Debussy — L'isle Joyeuse ("The Isle of Joy"), L. 106 (Topher Ruggiero, piano)
Franz Schubert — Selected works (songs to texts by Johann Mayrhofer; Daryl Yoder, bass-baritone & Jung-Yoon Lee, piano)

Bohuslav Martinů — Trio for flute, cello, and piano in F major, H. 300
Fernando Obradors — Selected works
Enrique Granados — Selected works
Claude Debussy — L'isle Joyeuse ("The Isle of Joy"), L. 106

Program includes works by Hélène de Montgeroult, Olivier Messiaen, Claude Debussy, Georges Aperghis, and Jacques Brel.

Claude Debussy — Images pour piano Book 2, CD 120, L.111 ("Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut" ("And the moon descends on the temple that was"))
Claude Debussy — L'isle Joyeuse ("The Isle of Joy"), L. 106
Johannes Brahms — Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36
Alexander Scriabin — Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30
Alberto Ginastera — Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 22

Giuseppe Verdi – “Va, pensiero” from Nabucco
The Maiden Selling Flowers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto (3rd mvt.)
Franz Lehár – “Lippen schweigen” from Die lustige Witwe
Various – Korean Gagok
Claude Debussy – L’isle Joyeuse
Modest Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition

Gabriel Fauré – Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120
Olivier Messiaen – Louange à l’immortalité de Jésus from Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Claude Debussy – Reflets dans l’eau from Images, Book I
Claude Debussy – Claire de lune from Suite Bergamasque
Claude Debussy – L’isle joyeuse (1904)
Maurice Ravel – Piano Trio (1914)

Granados – Two Goyescas
Toru Takemitsu – All in Twilight
Carpenter – Selected works
Rachmaninoff – Selected works
Debussy – l’Isle Joyeuse
Telemann – Don Quixote Suite

A program of memorable melody, deep chordal harmony, and sparkling virtuosity in an intimate downtown Seattle setting.

Acclaimed French-Canadian pianist Louis Lortie gives a recital of Satie, Rameau, Poulenc, Murail, Saint-Saeëns, Messiaen, and more.