​​Wedneseday 12 November 2025, 19:30
The Hague: ​Paleiskerk

​The World of Ravel

Travelling without Luggage

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Tickets:  € 29,50

Performers

​Shannon Lee violin
Kira van der Woerd violin
Jelmer de Moed clarinet
Ekaterina Levental mezzo-soprano
​Vassilis Varvaresos piano
Antonii Baryshevskyi piano
Frank Peters piano
Felicia van den End flute
Pieter de Koe cello


Prologue
Maurice Ravel
La valse for piano solo

Through Greece
Darius Milhaud
Suite d’après Le voyageur sans bagage (c. 1936) – for violin, clarinet and piano 
Maurice Ravel
Entre cloches (1897) – from Sites auriculaires, for two pianos 
Claude Debussy
Syrinx (1913) – for solo flute 
Maurice Ravel
Five Greek Folk Songs (Cinq mélodies populaires grecques, 1904–06) – for voice and piano 
Maurice Ravel
Tzigane (1924) – rhapsody for violin and piano

​From Madagascar to the Far East
Maurice Ravel
Chansons madécasses (1925–26) – for voice, flute, cello and piano Maurice Ravel
Une barque sur l’océan, 1905 – from Miroirs, for solo piano Maurice Ravel
Shéhérazade (1903) – three songs for voice and piano 

Spain
Maurice Ravel
Pièce en forme de Habanera (1907) – for voice and piano Pablo de Sarasate
Zapateado, op. 23 no. 2 (c. 1879) – for violin and piano Maurice Ravel
Two Hebrew Songs (Deux mélodies hébraïques, 1914) – for voice and piano 
Maurice Ravel
Rapsodie espagnole (1907–08) – for two pianos

Breathtaking imagination

​Ravel had the ability to travel through his imagination, capturing the essence of a country through music without ever having visited it. Few pieces of music sound more Spanish than his Rhapsodie espagnole. Yet, despite his mother being Basque, Ravel had never been to Spain when he composed it in 1908.

Like Ravel, we too are travelling 'without luggage' in this programme. Darius Milhaud’s sparkling suite Le voyageur sans bagage sets the tone for a journey spanning an entire evening to Greece, Madagascar, the Far East and, of course, Spain, a country that plays a prominent role in Ravel’s work. Mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Levental will sing a selection of exquisite songs from Ravel's repertoire. In each one, Ravel conjures a unique atmosphere and palette of colours. His imagination is nothing short of breathtaking.