Listen to Hélène Grimaud’s performance of Erik Satie’s Gymnopedie No. I (Links to an external site.), then listen to Claude Debussy’s orchestral arrangement of Gymnopedie No. 1 (Links to an external site.) performed by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. After listening, address the following questions in an essay (300 words): How does Debussy’s writing transcend the expressive and mechanical capacities of the piano? Conversely, how does Debussy’s writing seem to emulate or echo the pianistic qualities of the original? Consider musical features such as instrumental color, texture, density, articulation, or anything else you are hearing and can describe. How does this significant shift in medium—from solo piano to large orchestra—alter the character, atmosphere, or mood of Satie’s Gymnopedie No. 1? Finally, compare Debussy’s arrangement of Satie’s music to Webern’s arrangement of Bach’s Ricercar, discussing at least one approach or facet they share and one they do not.