ドビュッシー： Beau soir "Beautiful Evening"

Sofia Lubyantseva, flute
Artem Bochkarev, piano

"Beau soir" (French for "Beautiful Evening") is a French art song written by Claude Debussy.
It is a setting of a poem by Paul Bourget.

Lyrics
Lorsque au soleil couchant les rivieres sont roses
Et qu'un tiede frisson court sur les champs de ble,
Un conseil d'etre heureux semble sortir des choses
Et monter vers le c?ur trouble.

Un conseil de gouter le charme d'etre au monde
Cependant qu'on est jeune et que le soir est beau,
Car nous nous en allons, comme s'en va cette onde :
Elle a la mer, nous au tombeau.

Description
"Beau soir" ("Beautiful Evening") is set to a poem by Paul Bourget. The poem paints the picture of a beautiful evening where the rivers are turned rose-colored by the sunset and the wheat fields are moved by a warm breeze. Debussy uses a gently flowing triplet rhythm in the accompaniment, which contrasts the duplets that drive the light melody. The piano and voice partner to create the sensation of peace that one might feel in the evening in nature, fitting the post-Romantic style. As any evening fades, however, so does the mood of the piece, and the song modulates from E major to F-sharp minor. The piece reaches its climax when the melody reaches a high F-sharp, paired with the word "beau". The combination of the text and melody powerfully depicts the beauty of the sun.