Debussy L'isle joyeuse

[lilja23]

Hello everyone,

I have a new video from my program "With Debussy around the world", which I have been touring with in September.

I hope you enjoy!

[chicoscalco]

You probably won't see this but it was such a great performance I'm going to make a comment.

If there was one thing I would have done differently is giving a little bit more of yourself in the end. It's just an opinion, but I think that the piece builds a lot towards that moment, and after all those magical sounds you made, you'd expect a more grandiose ending. But congratulations! Very Nice!

[rachfan]

Hi lilja,

This is a superb rendition in my opinion.  Congratulations on a fine performance.

I agree with chicoscalco in regards to the ending.  My thinking is this: Debussy started to compose in his early years as a late romantic.  Later as he formulated his ideas of impressionism, that new style could actually coexist with the older late romantic sound, as it evolved into a transitional style and period in his life.  Finally came his mature works which were clearly impressionistic.  When Debussy composed the "L'Isle joyeuse" in 1904, he was still in transition stylistically.  In my opinion that gives you license to bring more of a tinge of the late romantic surges into the ending, which also means revealing a bit more of your own expressiveness as well.

Again, a great performance!

David