Leicester Symphony Orchestra

The French Connection
2017-05-09 18:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | England
Conductor: John Andrews
Flute Katherine Bryan
Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un Faune
Ravel Rapsodie Espagnol
Poulenc (arr. Berkeley) Sonata for Flute
Borne Carmen Fantasy for Flute and Orchestra
Massenet Méditation from Thaïs
Debussy La Mer
6.30pm FREE pre-concert talk
We proclaim, “Vive la France!” for this concert of works by some of the most creative and expressive French composers.
The country that created impressionist art also gifted impressionist music, and the sound worlds conjured by Ravel and Debussy are some of the purest examples of this. The ethereal ambience is enhanced by Jules Massenet’s Méditation, which follows a lively interjection from our soloist for the evening, flautist Katherine Bryan. Katherine will have no problem fitting in with the theme of the evening, having already received critical acclaim for her recordings of some of the key works from the French repertoire.
