Esa-Pekka Salonen on Pelléas et Mélisande

Philharmonia Orchestra Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Esa-Pekka Salonen describes his love affair with Debussy's opera Pelléas et Mélisande.
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[@bernamej]

I love how he speaks so naturally, very refreshing.

[@ToastedCigar]

What a coincidence, I'm going to see this masterpiece in May, conducted by Esa-Pekka himself.

[@philharmonia_orchestra]

Amazing! Enjoy!

[@gerardocardenas6591]

Love this sad fairy evanescent world of Pelleas. . . Nice interview! Thx.

[@philharmonia_orchestra]

Thank you!

[@JamesHLee-un8un]

Wow, this is exciting! I hope PO upload this concert!

[@filizdener6052]

I'd like to watch this beautiful composition! Thank you very much for the explanations,respects...

[@PaulHummerman]

Every time Salonen says Pelleas or Melisande, the automatic captioning gets it wrong, but differently each time and always absurdly.

[@asazanden6323]

💞

[@gabrielurrutiabaritono]

Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande - Contexto histórico, argumento y análisis musical: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJ7Ko4GVqqZ4r7M

[@PKWysocki]

I'm not sure if it's not a bit of an overstatement to say that Messiaen had no interest in the music Debussy wrote after "Pelleas et Melisande". After all, one of the first works Messiaen finished was his own set of piano preludes.

[@PKWysocki]

Alright, so Esa-Pekka did not say that, he said that "it was not as important" for Messiaen, but still...