Leaving Home Orchestral music in the 20th century 3, 7: Colour ( Peter West, 1996) VOSE

Colour Painting and poetry developed a more abstract style during the latter part of the 19th century, and music was quick to follow. In Colour, Sir Simon Rattle looks at the shift away from melody towards an emphasis on tone colour or timbre. Excerpts from: DEBUSSY: Prelude a l apresmidi d un faune; STRAVINSKY: L oiseau de feu; SCHOENBERG: Fuenf Orchesterstuecke Op. 16; DEBUSSY: Jeux; BOULEZ: Notations for piano; MESSIAEN: Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum; TAKEMITSU: Dream, Window; RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloe