Ravel's recurrent themes: Water, War, Dance

From the very first notes of pieces like Jeux d'eau or Une barque sur l'océan, we can practically see the cascades of water that Maurice Ravel distilled into his music. Find out what inspired him and what compositional techniques he used in order to capture the seemingly uncapturable — and hear from our panel of artists and scholars, including Nathalie Stutzmann and Lucas Debargue, about two other recurrent themes in Ravel's music: the spirit of the dance, found in pieces like the Boléro and Alborada del gracioso; and the aftermath of the First World War, a cataclysm that haunts works like La Valse, the Concerto for Left Hand, and Le Tombeau de Couperin.