Debussy Festival: Tombeau de Debussy

In 1920, ten leading composers put pencil to paper for a moving homage to Debussy. Today, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group performs five tributes from Tombeau de Claude Debussyinterwoven with four specially-commissioned new works.

There will be no interval.

Part of the Debussy Festival – for more information click here

In partnership with the CBSO:

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