Performed by Indra Hughes on the Auckland Town Hall Organ, 13 August 2021.
Indra Hughes at Huia Photo: Indra Hughes
This is one of Debussy's most well-known pieces - it comes from his first book of Preludes for the piano.
It was inspired by a poem by Leconte de Lisle, 'La fille aux cheveux de lin', which describes somewhat erotically a young woman sitting in a field of flowers on a cool summer morning.
The colour of her hair is compared to linen or dressed flax (the European flax, not the New Zealand flax) - a pale yellow.
Recorded by RNZ Concert, Auckland Town Hall, 13 August 2021
Producer: Tim Dodd; Engineer: Adrian Hollay
