Debussy | Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp, L. 137 (1915) | Emerald City Music

Flutist Tara Helen O'Connor, violist Paul Neubauer and harpist Bridget Kibbey perform Claude Debussy's Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp. Here is a clip of the first two movements-- I. Pastorale and II. Interlude.

"REVERIE" -- Three composers catapult their dream for the future of music forward. Opening the evening is Beethoven’s Serenade for flute, violin, and viola; an informal piece where the composer displays his charming creativity in presenting an ensemble in which there is no bass voice. Saint-Saëns evocative Fantaisie follows; a stunning late-Romantic work that – while resisting the rising modernist tendencies of most other French composers of the day – displays the depths of his hyper-romantic vision of the future of music. Debussy’s Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp concludes the program. The Sonata is one of six that Debussy endeavored to write for pairings of various instruments, finishing three before he died of cancer at the onset of World War I.

Filmed in New York, New York by film director Tristan Cook. Available for viewing April 23, 2021.

L.V.BEETHOVEN (1770–1827) Serenade in D Major, Op. 25 for flute, violin, viola (1796)
C. SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921) Fantaisie for Violin and Harp, Op. 124 (1907)
C. DEBUSSY (1862–1918) Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp, L. 137 (1915)

Artists: Tara Helen O’Connor (flute), Bridget Kibbey (harp), Kristin Lee (violin), Paul Neubauer (viola)

Tickets and details at https://www.emeraldcitymusic.org/reverie