Debussy La Mer
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
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Debucy's 'Hymn of the Deep'
Just one flute and one obo with an accompaniment of cellos and basses at their low. First violins hold a harmonic that makes the pitch many octaves higher than it would sound normally. It's also the first time in a long time that we are in a firm key, d flat major. And then again we hear the true beauty of this theme, the half step and the whole step.
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