The notably distinct characteristics of French music attract our attention and fascinate our minds. Viewed from two angles in this pair of events, we will explore the facts behind their allure in anticipation of the performances to come in the Mainly Mozart Festival of treasured composers such as Debussy, Faure, Francaix, Franck, Ravel and Saint-Saëns.

“Abstraction”is a term associated by many with the rise of Impressionism and Early Modernism, yet its presence has been vital to the music of France since the glories of the Renaissance. Find out what forms it took and why.

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