DEBUSSY LA SOIRÉE DANS GRENADE

Key A major Tempo Mouvement de Habanera Style Impressionist Will improve your ✓Rhythm ✓Pedalling ✓Flexibility of tempo

Claude Debussy was a marvellous miniaturist and a master of detail. His three movement work Estampes, which was completed in 1903, is widely recognised as one of the composer’s greatest solo piano works. ‘La Soirée dans Grenade’ is the central piece in Estampes and if you’re not familiar with the other two works (‘Pagodes’ and ‘Jardins sous la pluie’), I would highly recommend immersing yourself in the whole set.

This piece is one of my favourites to play in public. It requires the performer to cast a spell over the audience and take them on a five minute visit to Granada. I always find this a