Forum Series: Evocative Childhood – Humor in Debussy’s Piano Music
18 October • 5:30pm
Steven Baxter Recital Studio
KOO SIAW SING, presenter
ABOUT THIS EVENT
Evocative Childhood: Humor in Debussy’s Piano Music
“Looking back” for an adult often evokes childhood memories that bring certain nostalgic feelings and reflections of life. When Debussy’s artistic expression was at its height in 1905, he had a daughter, nicknamed Chou-Chou. As a loving dad, he exposed his innocence and playful characters to her. As a composer, he expanded his musical horizon, boldly inserting humorous characters inside his musical language that he had never done before. Beginning with the Children’s Corner, a work that he dedicated to his daughter, and together with some other solo piano music, Debussy entered the world of imagination of little children.
In this lecture-recital, we will examine the source of inspiration that Debussy had towards his humorous piano music. How did Debussy recapture ingenuousness childlike delight in his musical language? What was the stylistic influence toward his writing of such music? And for us as performers, we study the interpretation of this music so as to fully realize the humorous characters inside Debussy’s music.
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TICKETING INFORMATION
Free admission.
Out of respect for other concertgoers, no children under 6 years of age will be allowed admission.
To help keep our community safe, here are the measures that we will be adhering to:
• Only individuals who are fully vaccinated or exempted from Vaccination-Differentiated Safe Management Measures (VDS)* may be admitted to performances with more than 500 audience members.
• *Exempted from VDS: Individuals who have recovered from a COVID-19 infection and are within 180 days of their first positive test result, individuals who are medically ineligible for COVID-19 vaccination, and children aged 12 and below.
• All audience members must warrant that all vaccination and VDS information is correct when requested for disclosure.
• All audience members must consent to the collection, use and disclosure of personal data in relation to the ticket holders’ vaccination and VDS data.
• Do bring along your photo identification and proof of vaccination. We regret that patrons who do not have their photo ID or proof of vaccination may be denied entry. Please visit the MOH website for details.
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