Claude Debussy - Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien - Fragments Symphoniques (with score)

Fragments symphoniques - selections from ’Le martyre de saint Sébastien’ for orchestra Written by Claude Debussy in 1911. Thanks to Thomas Van Dun for preparing this score video: Performed by Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen The piece contains four movements: 00:00​ - I. La Cour de Lys (The Court of Lilies) 03:52​ - II. Danse extatique et Final du 1er Acte (Ecstatic Dance and Finale of the 1st Act) 10:15​ - III. La Passion (The Passion) 16:06​ - IV. Le Bon Pasteur (The Good Shepherd) “Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien is a masterpiece that has not yet been understood. Debussy wrote his Parsifal that day.“ Thus opined Emile Vuillermoz in 1920 of Debussy’s score for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, composed in 1911 as incidental music for the miracle play of the same title by Gabrielle d’Annunzio. Edward Lockspeiser describes i