Debussy: Painter of Dreams

LSO String Ensemble (featuring principals of the LSO:

Bryn Lewis, harp, Adam Walker, flute, Carmine Lauri, violin, Edward Vanderspar, viola, and cellist Tim Hugh) directed by pianist Michael Tilson Thomas, with Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano). Debussy's 'Danse sacrée et danse profane'; Sonata for Cello and Piano; 'Chansons de Bilitis'; Sonata for Violin and Piano; and Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp. (To complement his Debussy concerts at the Barbican, the conductor Michael Tilson Thomas takes a more intimate look at Debussy's music and journeys through his violin and cello sonatas as well as other chamber works such as Chansons de Bilitis, Debussy's settings of three erotic poems by Pierre Louÿs, and the sparkling Danse sacrée et profane – a piece composed in 1904 to showcase the newly invented chromatic harp.)