Trilogy explores French music for Flute, Viola and Harp. Claude Debussy pioneered chamber music for this beautiful combination of instruments in 1915, and inspired generations of composers to explore its medium. Our programme explores a few of these composers, and the inspiration they drew from Nature which encompasses this sound-world.

Jacques Ibert: Deux Interludes

Antonio Vivaldi arr. Bethan Griffiths: Trio in A Minor RV.86

Ravel: Sonatine

Miguel del Aguila: Submerged

Interval

Mel Bonis: Invocation from ‘Scènes de la Forêt’

Andre Jolivet: ‘Petite Suite’ Pour Flute, Alto et Harpe

Claude Debussy: Sonate for Flute, Harp and Viola

The French music of Debussy and his contemporaries Ravel, Ibert (who was 15 years younger than Ravel), Jolivet and Mel Bonis often draws on traditional baroque forms such as French baroque dances. - We have loved arranging baroque music for our combination and we’ve found the sound world works very well for flute, viola and harp. It also acts to highlight the influences of baroque music in C.20th and contemporary music. Listen out for Vivaldi’s story telling permeating the programme as we look at storytelling through nature, and the sound-world of French music.