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Video: A splash of impressionistic water for a hot, sunny day

By John Terauds on May 20, 2012

Pity the fate of composer Charles Griffes, born right across the lake from Toronto in 1884, and nearly forgotten within a generation after succumbing to a flu in 1920. So here, in the memory of an American Impressionist is a magical, refreshing splash in a Roman fountain (Aqua Paola), courtesy of pianist Stephen Beus, in a February recital.

Each of the four Roman Sketches, published in 1917, comes with a companion poem by William Sharp. For Aqua Paola:

Shimmering lights
As through the Aurora’s
Wild polar fires
Flashed in thy happy bubbles, died in thy foam.

John Terauds

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