ConcertPulse
Amériques
Lucas and Arthur Jussen describe Francis Poulenc's Concerto for Two Pianos as "typically French flamboyance, but always chic!" This colorful French program also features America, heard through French ears. Edgard Varèse's 'Amériques,' a massive work for a huge orchestra, uses a siren for the first time in music literature, capturing his childhood vision of America. This America sounds breathtaking, overflowing, exciting. A similar excitement was composed by Claude Debussy at the end of the 19th century in his 'Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun,' a sultry and lucid masterpiece.
