Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

Sunday, February 23, 2025, 3:00PM
$40
No charge for Four Arts members

In honor of the 150th birthday of Maurice Ravel, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet presents selections from Ravel’s body of music for the keyboard. From youthful entries like the Pavane for a Dead Princess to the transcendent landscapes of Miroirs to the nostalgic Noble and Sentimental Waltzes, the program shows off the expressive, singable appeal of Ravel’s writing. Le Tombeau de Couperin, his final work for the instrument, paints moving portraits of friends he lost in World War I.

PROGRAM 

Sérénade grotesque                                                   MAURICE RAVEL

Pavane pour une infante défunte                            MAURICE RAVEL

Miroirs                                                                       MAURICE RAVEL
I. Noctuelles
II. Oiseaux tristes
III.Une barque sur l’océan
IV. Alborada del gracioso
V. La vallée des cloches

INTERMISSION

 Valses nobles et sentimentales                                                    MAURICE RAVEL

I. Modéré – très franc
II. Assez lent – avec une expression intense
III. Modéré
IV. Assez animé
V. Presque lent – dans un sentiment intime
VI. Vif
VII.Moins vif
VIII. Épilogue: lent

Le Tombeau de Couperin (solo piano)                                    MAURICE RAVEL

I. Prélude
II. Fugue
III. Forlane
IV. Rigaudon
V. Menuet
VI. Toccata