Interview
Works by Messiaen, Debussy and Duruflé – an introduction by Simon Halsey Donald Runnicles conducts a concert “à la française”
Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem – conducted here by Donald Runnicles – is among those sacred works that convey a notion of a better world beyond. Echoes of Gregorian chant are mixed with scintillating Impressionist colours to create a magical and ethereal whole. The remaining programme consisting of works by Claude Debussy and Olivier Messiaen is also French and transcendental.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Donald Runnicles
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Kelley O’Connor
Martina Welschenbach
Noel Bouley
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