The National Orchestra of Cannes & Osmoart offers spectators a unique sensory experience where the auditory sense meets the olfactory sense.
By harmonizing the listening with the olfaction of marine fragrances, the public is immersed in the heart of La Mer by Claude Debussy that they can hear, imagine but also smell on these three symphonic paintings.
Debussy has always had a particular attraction for the sea and the ocean, ever since he was a child he discovered the lights of the Mediterranean at his aunt’s house in Cannes.
Like the Impressionist painters, the composers attached to this artistic movement often saw water as a source of inspiration.
Benjamin Levy will direct the student-musicians of the Institute for Higher Education in Music and Véronique Gens will lend her enchanting voice to Chausson’s Poème de l’Amour et de la Mer.
PROGRAM
MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937)
A boat on the ocean
Version for orchestra
ERNEST CHAUSSON (1855-1899)
Poem of Love and the Sea
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
The sea
