About the Concert

Thursday, April 16, 2026, 11 a.m. 
Friday, April 17, 2026, 7:30 p.m. 
Saturday, April 18, 2026, 5:30 p.m. 

Hilbert Circle Theatre 

Join Jun Märkl and four of ISO’s newest principals for a night of French elegance with Debussy’s Sacred and Profane Dances and selections from Images. Ravel’s virtuosic Tzigane and Fauré’s poignant Pavane complete this luminous program. This concert is a feast for the senses, celebrating French music’s nuanced textures and colors.  

Jun Märkl, conductor
Claire Thai, harp
Jungah Yoon, flute
Julianna Darby, clarinet
Bryson Karrer, violin

Gabriel-Urbain Fauré   |   1845–1924

    Pavane, Op. 50

Claude Debussy   |   1862–1918

Danse sacrée et danse profane for Harp and Orchestra
     Danse sacrée: Très modéré
     Danse profane: Modéré
           Claire Thai, Harp

Camille Saint-Saëns   |   1835–1921

    Tarantelle for Flute, Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 6

        Jungah Yoon, Flute

        Julianna Darby, Clarinet

Maurice Ravel   |   1875–1937

    Tzigane for Violin and Orchestra

        Bryson Karrer, Violin

INTERMISSION—Twenty Minutes

Claude Debussy   |   1862–1918

    Images

    I. Gigues

    II. Ibéria 

    Par les rues et par les chemins (Along the streets and paths

    Les parfums de la nuit (The Fragrances of the Night)

    Le matin d’un jour de fête (The morning of a Festival-Day)

    III. Rondes de printemps