IWSO flautist, Amelie Le Grand, reveals the inspiration behind the BOLÉRO girl in the saxophone … When I heard that the theme of our concert, BOLÉRO, would centre around ‘les années folles’, I was immediately inspired to create an artwork for the poster. Having just come back from six months in France, where I happily…
Maurice Ravel’s most famous work is Boléro. Written in 1928 for a large orchestra, Boléro was Ravel at the top of his game. It remains an orchestral tour de force and was one of the last works he completed before a crippling illness reduced his capacity to compose music. Most people have heard Boléro, and…
