Classical music feature.

Classical music feature.

Georgia Mann, on a journey through Debussy's Paris, visits the place where symbolist poet Stephane Mallarme held his famous Tuesday salons. Show more

Georgia Mann with a look at the importance of money and the haute bourgeoisie in Debussy's Paris. Show more

Georgia Mann with a look at the importance of money and the haute bourgeoisie in Debussy's Paris. Show more

Matthew Sweet on the spirit of decadence and the thirst for the exotic in the 19th-century Paris and introduces music performed by the Nash Ensemble and the actress Lesley Caron. Show more

Georgia Mann continues her journey through Debussy's Paris with a visit to the 19th-century Cirque d'Hiver for a focus on the impact of popular entertainment on artists of the day. Show more

Georgia Mann explores facets of Debussy's Paris with a look at the arrival of Diaghilev and his Ballets Russes and a visit to the Art Deco Theatre des Champs-Elysees. Show more

Georgia Mann traces the area in Paris where Debussy's life reached its difficult conclusion, in a city besieged by war, in the last flickering moments of its Belle Epoque. Show more