Joanna Lumley & The Maestro
The French Impressionists
Published: 16 January 2024 at 01:00 Europe/London
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Is it a faun? Is it moonlight? Yes, it's Claude Debussy! Over the next 30 minutes, Joanna and Stephen discuss the musical development of French impressionism. We see how three composers, Debussy, Ravel and Boulez, summoned images through sound and set the imagination free.