Claude Debussy - Clair de Lune : Valentina Seferinova
The third and most famous movement of Claude Debussy's 'Suite bergamasque' is "Clair de lune", in D-flat major. Its name comes from Verlaine's 1869 poem 'Clair de lune', "moonlight" in French. It is written in the 9 8 meter, marked 'andante très expressif', and to be played mostly pianissimo. Musically, Debussy's "Clair de lune" belongs to French Impressionism.
Valentina is one of the few privileged musicians world wide to have been invited by the Trustees to perform the Debussy Anniversary concert at the Claude Debussy House & Museum, St. Germain-en-Laye, Paris (21st August 1999 ; Debussy's birthdate is 22nd August)
This recording made at the historic Bristol Music Club on Tuesday 8th November 2016.
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Here's Paul Verlaine's inspirational 1869 poem in French :-
Votre âme est un paysage choisi,
Que vont charmant masques et bergamasques
Jouant du luth et dansant et quasi
Tristes sous leurs déguisements fantasques.
Tout en chantant sur le mode mineur
L’amour vainqueur et la vie opportune,
Ils n’ont pas l’air de croire à leur bonheur
Et leur chanson se mêle au clair de lune,
Au calme clair de lune triste et beau,
Qui fait rêver les oiseaux dans les arbres
Et sangloter d’extase les jets d’eau,
Les grands jets d’eau sveltes parmi les marbres.