Claude Debussy - Beau Soir (violin and harp)

Maria Ioudenitch, violin
Héloïse Carlean-Jones, harp
Field Concert Hall - Curtis Institute of Music
February 18, 2015
Beau Soir is a setting of a poem by Paul Bourget that Debussy composed when he was 15:
Where the rivulets are rosy in the setting sun,
And a mild tremor runs over the wheat fields,
An exhortation to be happy seems to emanate from things
And rises towards the troubled heart.
An exhortation to enjoy the charm of being alive
While one is young and the evening is beautiful,
For we are going on, as this stream goes on:
The stream to the sea, we to the grave.
Original text (French):
Lorsque au soleil couchant les rivières sont roses
Et qu'un tiède frisson court sur les champs de blé,
Un conseil d'être heureux semble sortir des choses
Et monter vers le coeur troublé.
Un conseil de goûter le charme d'être au monde
Ce pendant qu'on est jeune et que le soir est beau,
Car nous nous en allons, comme s'en va cette onde:
Elle à la mer, nous au tombeau.

[@viggosimonsen]

This little piece is a true gem of Debussy's. It never fails to move you

[@AlyssaFelt]

Can you share the sheet music? Or where we can find it?

[@kirbmiester5282]

Do you know where I could possibly get the parts for the harp and violin?

[@richies6420]

Ahhhhhhh... the opening them song to the radio show "Nightsounds" always loved this masterpiece.

[@estherevelyn1156]

Lindo!

[@susanlloyd7395]

Parfait.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Exquisite ！

[@sanidow6245]

eskereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@1blairt]

Now I can live another day

[@IvoRobertoVincenzi]

Muy bonito! Gracias por la música!🎼🎵🎶🤗👍💐👏😀

[@Polygor2]

I'd love to have a CD of Debussy's melodies
without the vocals.

[@MrIbgrant]

But where are their names?????