Debussy’s ‘La Mer’
14:25
Tue 9 Dec 2025
MediaCityUK, Salford
Change of Time
Please note that the concert will now start at 2.25pm, rather than 2.30pm as previously advertised.
Programme
- Laniakea
- Une barque sur l'océan
- Petite suite
- La mer
Performers
- Joshua WeilersteinConductor
From the stars to the sea – French greats with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra.
Laniakea is Hawaiian for ‘immeasurable celestial paradise’, a term that perfectly describes the music of Camille Pépin. Moving from sky to sea, Maurice Ravel captures the rippling waves, the vastness and occasional loneliness of a sea voyage, while Germaine Tailleferre takes inspiration from a sailor’s song in her Petite Suite for Orchestra. Finally, the sun rises over the ocean with Debussy, who unleashes enormous elemental forces in La mer.