Music: Excerpts from "Clair de Lune" 
Composer: Paul Chihara 
Artists: Alexander String Quartet and the San Francisco Choral Artists 
Album: With Strings Attached 
Label: Foghorn Classics

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“When I think about San Francisco I think about ballet, and since Verlaine’s ‘Clair de Lune’ (Moonlight) poem is about dancing, it was inevitable I would pick this.” Paul Chihara, a former composer-in-residence for the San Francisco Ballet, has had a unique connection with French Impressionism ever since he was a student and discovered the music of Ravel, Poulenc, and Debussy through his teacher Nadia Boulanger. So for this special commission, it was only fitting to refer to Debussy’s most popular composition — Clair de Lune. “But,” stresses Chihara, “it is more about Verlaine’s poem than about Debussy’s music, more about dancing in the moonlight than about the moon itself.”

With Strings Attached: "Clair de Lune" (excerpts)

Alexander String Quartet