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City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with Mirga Gra啪inyt臈-Tyla and assistant conductor Jonathan Bloxham, the CBSO Chorus conducted by Simon Halsey, and the organist Thomas Trotter give a concert of music by Debussy, Messiaen and Bach from Symphony Hall, as part of the Birmingham Debussy Festival. Tom Redmond presents.

"Le Martyre de Saint S茅bastien is a masterpiece that has not yet been understood. Debussy wrote his Parsifal that day." So wrote Emile Vuillermoz in 1920, 9 years after Le Martyre de Saint S茅bastien received its heavy censuring. But the scandal it caused wasn't really surprising, given its quasi-religious ecstasy and complex sexual implications - not least the cross-dressing of dancer and choreographer Ida Rubinstein. Debussy retorted "I have made mysterious Nature my religion". And what an influence this mysticism had upon disciple Messiaen, as we can hear in Messiaen's choral piece O Sacrum Convivium. This concert, given as part of the Birmingham Debussy Festival, explore the composer's links with the sacred.

Part 1
Debussy: (orch. Matthews) La cath茅drale engloutie
CBSO
Mirga Gra啪inyt臈-Tyla (conductor)

Bach: Toccata and Fugue in d BWV 538 ("Dorian")
Thomas Trotter (organ)

Messiaen O Sacrum Convivium
CBSO Chorus
Simon Halsey (conductor)
Messiaen: La Nativit茅 du Seigneur IX. "Dieu parmi nous"
Thomas Trotter (organ)

Debussy Danse sacr茅e et danse profane
Suzy Willison-Kawalec (harp)
CBSO
Jonathan Bloxham (conductor)

INTERVAL (from CD)
Respighi: Quattro Liriche dal poema paradisiaco Di Gabrielle d'Annunzio
Marta Moretto (mezzo soprano)
Aldo Orvieto (piano)

Part 2
Debussy Le Martyre de Saint S茅bastien
Katja Stuber (soprano)
Ilse Eerens (soprano)
CBSO Chorus
CBSO
Mirga Gra啪inyt臈-Tyla (conductor).