York Late Music Festival - James Willshire (piano) – Ten New Debussys

St Saviourgate Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, YORK YO1 8NQ 🇬🇧
https://www.latemusic.org/event/james-willshire-piano-ten-new-debussys/

Debussy: Clair de lune, Des pas sur la neige, Reflects dans l’eau and Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir

Lynne Plowman: Another set of footprints in the snow (LM commission) - WP
Thomas Simaku: New Work (LM commission) – WP
Errollyn Wallen: New Work (LM commission) – WP
Robin Holloway: New Work (LM commission) – WP
Michael Parkin: New Work (LM commission) – WP
Ailís Ní Ríain: New Work (LM commission) – WP
plus new works by: David Power, David Lancaster, Nicola LeFanu and Jia Chai.

Our Piano Day concludes with a commemoration of the centenary of Debussy’s death with ten premieres, each starting with a minute of a Debussy solo piano piece before journeying into the composer’s own sound-world. The concert is framed with music by Debussy himself.