L’après-midi d’un faune at Gergely's

With Debussy, all the shimmering of the symphonic orchestra can be heard. As if in a state of weightlessness, his Prelude, inspired by Mallarmé, evokes the voluptuous sleep of a faun (a rustic deity from Greco-Roman antiquity) on a scorching summer afternoon. His Nocturnes color the movement of clouds in the sky, the clamor of a party, or the sea chantey of the sirens' choir. For the premiere of Christian Mason's new Concerto, Gergely Madaras sha...