Flutist Juliette Hurel and harpist Isabelle Moretti present an inspired selection of French music arranged for their instruments, featuring key masterpieces alongside some rare delights. Their program highlights the virtuosity and expressive verve of a duo of great stylistic finesse and features the Suite en duo of Jean Cras (1879–1932), Deux Impressions by Eugène Bozza (1905–1991), Claude Debussy’s Suite Bergamasque, and select …

Music director JoAnn Falletta leads the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in works by three French composers who saw Spain as a paradise of warmth, fragrance, and color, whether real or imagined. Debussy’s Images, Ibert’s Escales, and Ravel’s Rapsodie espagnole show the considerable impact Spanish culture had on French composers in the early 20th century. “I have personally always been drawn to …