Turner at 250, Ravel at 150 @JackGibbonsHQ
Turner at 250, Ravel at 150  @JackGibbonsHQ
Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of J.M.W. Turner (born 23 April 1775) and the 150th anniversary of the birth of Maurice Ravel (born 7 March 1875), here is a close view of five paintings of Turner, accompanied by Le Gibet from Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit, played by Jack Gibbons (recorded live in concert in June 1984).

Paintings featured:
0:00 "The Fighting Temeraire, tugged to her last berth to be broken up" (1838)
2:28 "Peace - Burial at Sea" (1842)
3:41 "Snow Storm – Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth" (1842)
4:51 "Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight" (1835)
5:53 "The Dogano, San Giorgio, Citella, from the Steps of the Europa" (1842)

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Turner at 250, Ravel at 150

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