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22 August 2012

Joyeux Anniversaire, Claude Today marks the 150th anniversary of composer Claude Debussy’s birth. How much less colorful would the musical world be without his Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun? Without his La Mer? But there was more to this trailblazer than these exquisite, if ever-present pieces. Charles Dutoit will conduct the Philharmonic in a relative rarity November 1–3 — The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian: Symphonic Fragments, selections from the composer’s 1911 blending of oratorio, ballet, and mime depicting a story that fuses faith and eroticism.

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Joyeux Anniversaire, Claude

Today marks the 150th anniversary of composer Claude Debussy’s birth. How much less colorful would the musical world be without his Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun? Without his La Mer?

But there was more to this trailblazer than these exquisite, if ever-present pieces. Charles Dutoit will conduct the Philharmonic in a relative rarity November 1–3 — The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian: Symphonic Fragments, selections from the composer’s 1911 blending of oratorio, ballet, and mime depicting a story that fuses faith and eroticism.

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