Miroirs (Ravel)

Movements

i Noctuelles (Night Moths), ii Oiseaux tristes (Sad Birds), iii Une barque sur l’océan (A Boat on the Ocean), iv Alborada del gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester), v La vallée des cloches (The Valley of Bells)

Notes

Miroirs (French for “Mirrors”) is a five-movement suite for solo piano written by French composer Maurice Ravel between 1904 and 1905. First performed by Ricardo Viñes in 1906, Miroirs contains five movements, each dedicated to a fellow member of the French avant-garde artist group Les Apaches.

Performances