Debussy: La Damoiselle élue / Katherine Weber . Aimee Hautvast . Zemlinsky Chamber Orchestra/Chorus

Watch our performance of Debussy’s cantata “La Damoiselle élue”, recorded 16th May 2021, featuring soloists Katherine Weber (Damoiselle - Soprano), Aimee Hautvast (Récitante - Mezzo-soprano) and conducted by ZCO artistic director Fergus McAlpine.
Flute: Ema Bajc/Mirna Ackers
Oboe/Cor Anglais: Peter Lackovic
Clarinet 1: Elisa Sgorbini
Clarinet 2/Bass Clarinet: Femke van de Bergh
Saxophone: Carlos Gimenez Martinez
Bassoon: Lily Simpson
Horn 1: Christian Fisalli
Horn 2: Peter Mullen
Piano: Johannes Asfaw
Violin 1: Phoebe Tarleton
Violin 2: Valentine Blangé
Viola: May Bardsley
Cello: Emma Warmelink
Bass: Ebony Lim
Sopranos: Maaike Hupperetz, Anouk Zwanenberg, Magdalena Michalko, Sterre Decru
Altos: Aimee Hautvast, Diamanto Christoforide, Olga van Tongeren, Linda de Hooge, Femke Hulsman
Video by Green Eye Videography
Video: Mateusz Pusiewicz, Ileana Termini & Alberto Tarraga
Audio: Andrea Friggi
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Claude Debussy (arr. Jeremy Edelstein): “La Damoiselle élue”
“The blessed damsel” was originally a poem and painting, both created by English poet Dante Rosetti. The poem was translated into French by Paul Sarrazin, and this text was what inspired the young Claude Debussy to write this piece. Debussy himself had never seen the painting
The story tells us of a young girl who has died before her time and from heaven, mourns her beloved partner who still remains on earth. A beautiful retrospective of our traditional views of death and the afterlife.
Original poem can be found here: www.lieder.net/lieder/get_tex...
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