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This work has a dramatic mix of opera, oratorio, ballet and spoken theatre. It was first performed in 1911 and originally almost 4 hours long. The original text was by Gabriele d’Annuncio and in 2005 Cambreling commissioned Mosebach to write a new version.
Claude Debussy: Le martyre de St. Sebastien
Act I: La cour de lys: Prelude - Frere, que sera t-il le monde (The Twins)
Act I: La cour de lys: Ist sterben so schon? (Narrator)
Act I: La cour de lys: Mouvement de Prelude - Mon freres, mes freres (God)
Act I: La cour de lys: Der name Sebastianus kommt sequens (Narrator)
Act I: La cour de lys: Assez anime - Soufflez de pres, soufflez de pres (God, Twins, Chorus)
Act II: La chambre magique: Prelude
Act II: La chambre magique: Der Prafekt der Stadt Rom lag an schwerer (Narrator)
Act II: La chambre magique: Je fauchais l'Epi de froment (Erigone)
Act II: La chambre magique: Der Sohn des Prafekten (Narrator)
Act II: La chambre magique: Qui pleure mon Enfant si doux (Vox coelestis)
Act III: Le concile des faux dieux: Prelude
Act III: Le concile des faux dieux: Die klagten die Richter bei Diokletianus (Narrator)
Act III: Le concile des faux dieux: Paian, Lyre-d'or, Arc-d'argent, "The Hymn" (Die Kitharoiden)
Act III: Sebastian, dein Gott ist eifersuchtig (Narrator)
Act III: Le concile des faux dieux: Avez-vous vu delui que j'aime? (God, Chorus, Voz Sola)
Act III: Le concile des faux dieux: Adonis, du bist eine menschliche Blume (Narrator)
Act III: Le concile des faux dieux: Cessez, o pleureuses! (Vox Sola)
Act III: Le concile des faux dieux: Io! Io, Adoniastes! (Chorus)
Act III: Le concile des faux dieux: Il est mort, le bel Adonis! (Syriacus Chorus)
Act III: Le concile des faux dieux: Es ist unbegreiflich (Narrator)
Act IV: Le laurier blesse: Prelude
Act IV: Le laurier blesse: Siebzehn Pfeile sind in unseren Kochern (Narrator)
Act IV: Le laurier blesse: The Appearance of Pastors
Act IV: Le laurier blesse: Die Heiligen bezwangen in der Kraft des Glaubens Konigreiche (Narrator)
Act IV: Le laurier blesse: Ah! Helas! Helas! (Syriacus Chorus)
Act V: Le paradis: Interlude
Act V: Le paradis: Gloire! Sous nos armures flamboyez (Chorus Martyrum)
June 2010
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“...this is an excellent performance, notable for radiant choral sopranos, sensitive tenors, and an attention to details of colour and line that does credit to all concerned...the impact here is of a composer working at full stretch, despite all his pantheistic pronouncements elsewhere.”
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Act I: La cour de lys: Prelude - Frere, que sera t-il le monde (The Twins)
