Some dirt on Debussy
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David YangAt the heart of the preludes is one of Debussy’s most popular and enduring works, “The Girl with the Flaxen Hair.”

Sébastien van Kuijk
A Conversation with David Yang,Artistic Director NCMF
(July 2020)
NICOLAS BACRI (b.1961)
Folia for cello and chamber orchestra
THOMAS VALVERDE & SEB KUIJK
Ambassade

The following pieces were referred to in this interview:
OLIVIER MESSIAEN (1908 – 1992)
Quatuor pour Fin du Temps (Quartet for the End of Time)
V. "Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus" for cello and piano
OLIVIER MESSIAEN (1908 – 1992)
Quatuor pour Fin du Temps (Quartet for the End of Time)
VIII. "Louange à l'Immortalité de Jésus" for violin and piano
IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882 – 1971)
The Rite of Spring
ADRIANO CELENTANO (b. 1938)
Prisencolinensinainciusol
(sounds like it is in English but it is not)
ELLA FITZGERALD (1917 – 1996)
Air Mail Special
(virtuoso American scat singing – precursor of rap)
NUSRAT FATEH ALI KAHN (1948 – 1997)
Allah Hoo Allah Hoo
(Qawwali: Sufi mystical Islamic devotional singing,
starts to move around 7:20)

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David YangAt the heart of the preludes is one of Debussy’s most popular and enduring works, “The Girl with the Flaxen Hair.”
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David YangWe were discussing Evren’s upcoming recital and he wound up pairing each piece with an appropriate libation.
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Peter MiyamotoTo enter the world of Carnaval is to enter the complex world of Robert Schumann’s psyche.
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