CLAUDE DEBUSSY

As part of our Winter Calm series, pianist Julius Asal performs this slow and mystical piece by Debussy. “Debussy’s Prélude ‘Des pas sur la neige’ (Footsteps in the Snow) resonates deeply with me,” says Asal about the work. “I know of hardly any music that feels more pure and solitary. Perhaps the piece is about a being wandering in the snow. But perhaps it is also about two lonely souls walking parallel to each other in the snow, whose paths will never cross…”.