Two giants of the early 20th Century piano repertoire. Debussy’s charming early work Suite Bergamasque, a nod to the baroque tradition, features his most famous work Clair de lune. A pot pourri of transcriptions celebrate Rachmaninoff’s 150th birthday.

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Programme

Debussy Suite Bergamasque
Prelude, Menuet, Clair de lune, Passepied

    A pot pourri of Rachmaninoff transcriptions:
Rachmaninoff  Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5
                           Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14
J S Bach             Suite in E major
Rimsky-Korsakov  The Flight of the Bumblebee
Tchaikovsky     Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1
Kreisler             Liebesleid
Mendelssohn   Scherzo (A Midsummer Night's Dream)

Rachmaninoff Etude-tableau in D major, Op. 39 No. 9

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