Debussy Festival: CBSO/ Gražinytė-Tyla
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 24th-25th March 2018
“See you in Birmingham!” chirped Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla at the end of her first BBC Proms concert in charge of the CBSO. Well, it’s taken nearly two years, Mirga, but I finally made it, tempted by a creatively-programmed festival to mark the centenary of the death of Claude Debussy. However, this wasn’t a case of anniversary composer saturation. Of the three CBSO concerts I attended on this second weekend, there were only four orchestral scores from the pen of Debussy himself. This was also a reflection on Debussy’s legacy, his impact on composers right up to the present day.
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducting the CBSO’s Debussy Festival
© Andrew Fox
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