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Composer of the Week: Debussy

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Pierre Boulez once remarked that
Debussy's String Quartet succeeded in freeing this genre of composition "from rigid structure, frozen rhetoric and rigid aesthetics". Today he continues his series of conversations with Donald Macleod considering the extent of Debussy's radicalism.
Pelleas et Melisande (opening) Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez Pelleas et Melisande, Act 2 Scene 2 Donald Mclntyre (baritone),
Elizabeth Soderstrom (soprano), Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez Pelleas et Melisande, Act 4 Scene 4 Alison Hagley (soprano), Neil Archer
(tenor), Donald Maxwell (baritone), Welsh National Opera Chorus, Royal Opera
House Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez String Quartet Beicea Quartet

Contributors

Unknown:
Pierre Boulez
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Baritone:
Donald McLntyre
Soprano:
Elizabeth Soderstrom
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Soprano:
Alison Hagley
Soprano:
Neil Archer
Tenor:
Donald Maxwell
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Source: Radio Times

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