We are discovering the magical world of Debussy via Prelude La Terrasse des Audiences du Clair de Lune.
Born in Montreal in 1955 Alan Fraser studied piano but also delved into composition, cello, classical singing and had several stints as a pop musician. Alan’s main pianistic influence was the pioneering research of Phil Cohen who studied alongside Ronald Turini, Andre Laplante and Janina Fialkowska with Yvonne Hubert, who had been Cortot‘s assistant in Paris. Alan spent several years with Cohen after an apprenticeship with two former Cohen students, Alan Belkin and Lauretta Milkman.
Alan helps Luba get into this piece
We are trying to understand and decipher that specific sound
Alan shows a wrist movement totally opposite from what you would expect
Alan wants to hear all the voices and brings out more peculiarities of Debussy's composing style
You stop moving the wrist and music acquires this static quality
Book II, Prelude No. 8
Feel the string vibration
Exploration of the sound is incredibly important piece of the puzzle.
