{"id":5698,"date":"2012-12-20T08:23:10","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T08:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/?p=5698"},"modified":"2012-12-20T08:28:16","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T08:28:16","slug":"the-light-of-claude-debussy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/video-picks\/the-light-of-claude-debussy-5698\/","title":{"rendered":"The Light of Claude Debussy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/debussy2012-skiss-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"debussy2012\" title=\"debussy2012\" width=\"160\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/debussy2012-skiss-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/debussy2012-skiss.jpg 557w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The new year is rapidly approaching, so before the end of the Debussy-year 2012 we should take the chance to watch this film by Anthony Tobin, celebrating the genius of Debussy. It was shown by G. Henle Verlag during the Frankfurt Musik Messe, 2012, in connection with their release of three volumes of the complete piano works of Debussy. <\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;The World will Change in his Sound&#8221; <em><br \/>\n&#8211; The Light of Claude Debussy<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"242\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SHt0s_bzlfI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This film is an exploration of the inspiration, imagination and visual influences behind Claude Debussy&#8217;s piano music from 1889-1915. It discusses how light, nature, and the visual stimulation Debussy experienced in Paris influenced his &#8220;vision&#8221; and the gestures and colors found in his piano works. <\/p>\n<p>Consequently the footage is accompanied by Preludes for piano, Pagodes (filmed in Tokyo), Reflections on the Water, the First Arabesque, Clair de lune, Chansons de Bilitis and La Mer &#8211; works that will illustrate how Debussy changed the course of music. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the film contains interviews with pianists Stewart Gordon and Daniel Pollack,  Debussy scholars James Briscoe, Roy Howat, Marie Rolf, Richard Langham Smith, composer Manfred Bleffert and material with Austin Symphony Conductor Peter Bay, including discussion and demonstration of parts of the symphonic work La Mer.<\/p>\n<p>More Debussy on film:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ferdyonfilms.com\/2011\/the-debussy-film-tv-1965\/8334\/\" target=\"ext\">Ken Russell&#8217;s Debussy TV film from 1965<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SzFR84cEYsI\" target=\"ext\">View part 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related articles:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/happy-150th-birthday-claude-debussy-5323\/\">Happy 150th Birthday, Claude Debussy! <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new year is rapidly approaching, so before the end of the Debussy-year 2012 we should take the chance to watch this film by Anthony Tobin, celebrating the genius of Debussy. 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