FЕTES GALANTES

Concert Program: - Claude Debussy — Fêtes galantes: “En sourdine,” “Fantoches,” “Clair de lune” / Gallant Festivities: “Muted,” “Puppets,” “Moonlight” (song cycle on poems by Paul Verlaine) - Claude Debussy — Petite Suite: “En bateau” / “In a Boat,” “Menuet” / “Minuet,” “La fille aux cheveux de lin” / “The Girl with the Flaxen Hair” - Claude Debussy — “Syrinx,” L129 for solo flute - Francis Poulenc — “C” - Francis Poulenc — “Fêtes galantes” / Gallant Festivities - Jules Massenet — “Méditation” / “Meditation” (from the opera Thaïs) - Maurice Ravel — “Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera” / “Vocalise in the Form of a Habanera” - Maurice Ravel — “Tripatos” - Gabriel Fauré — “Morceau de concours” / “Competition Piece,” IGF 52 - Gabriel Fauré — “Le papillon et la fleur” / “The Butterfly and the Flower” - Gabriel Fauré — “Après un rêve” / “After a Dream” - Darius Milhaud — “Brazileira” / “Brazilian Dance” (from the suite Scaramouche) Performers: Ivanna Plish /soprano/ Tamara Roy /flute/ Mykhailo Bilych /violin/ Kateryna Bazhenova /piano/ A cozy garden, a masquerade, lavish—though terribly impractical—attire, slow movements in dance, and pure hedonism. These are the very scenes depicted in paintings by French artists of the early 18th century, portraying the “gallant” era. Even without a mandatory formal dress code, we will try to feel ourselves part of a French promenade.

• When:
  Saturday 04.04.2026, start in 17:00
• Location:
  Kyiv House of Scientists
• In Program:
  Massenet, Fauré, Debussy, Ravel, Milhaud, Poulenc
• Performers:
  Kateryna Bazhenova /piano/ Mykhailo Bilych /violin/ Ivanna Plish /soprano/ Tamara Roy /flute/
• Duration:
  1 hours 20 minutes