137. I must go down to the sea again: Debussy, La Mer

Who doesn’t love gazing at the sea? It’s something that brings out the meditative in all of us as we stare at it and think deep thoughts. Claude Debussy didn’t want us to think too hard – just to listen. In La Mer, he brings The Sea to us wherever we are, in all its beauty and wonder.

Total listening time 36 mins (podcast 11′, music 25′)… Listen

33: Summer! All paddling pools and ice-cream?

…Not for Vivaldi. His Summer is all oppressive heat, flies and sudden storms; brilliantly realised in music that’s short, intense and too hot to handle: Music here:   (ending at 46’20” – it’s a performance of the complete Four Seasons) or … Listen