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Composer: Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992)

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Wigmore Hall

Sat, 7 Nov at 14:00

Ligeti, Messiaen

Beatson, Chan, Knopp, Mezcaros, Marwood, Myerscough

© Jenny Leyman

Konserthuset Stockholm: Grünewaldsalen

Sun, 8 Nov at 20:30

Jolas, Messiaen

Muraro, Members of Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilson

© Sanne Bakkes

Fri, 13 Nov at 20:15

Stravinsky, De Leeuw, Debussy, Messiaen

van Beek, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, van Laak

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Katya Apekisheva and Charles Owen © Viktor Erik Emanuel

A Messiaen epic launches the London Piano Festival at Kings Place

By Christopher Woodley

Philippe Sly (Saint François) © SF | Monika Rittershaus

Bread and Transfiguration: Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise at the Salzburg Festival

By Peter Quantrill

Pierre-Laurent Aimard © SF | Marco Borrelli

Up the garden path: Aimard’s joyous Messiaen at the Salzburg Festival

By Peter Quantrill

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Konserthuset Stockholm: Stora Salen

Hillborg, von Bingen, Telemann, Piazzolla, Dominique, Schumann, Traditional, Lutosławski, Jennefelt, Messiaen, Fröst, Bartók

Fröst, Bäckström, Løkken, Cazzanelli, Holmander, Ibarreche, Wendel, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Fellbom, Adolf Fredriks Gosskör, Succi

International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition

Aula Uniwersytecka

Until 28 Feb 23:59

Poulenc, Wieniawski, Schnittke, Bach, Mozart, Ysaÿe, Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Messiaen, Sibelius

Chrzęszczyk, Francuz, Zathey-Wójcińska, Ahn, Baik, Cao, Choi, Chung, Chung

© Andrej Grilc

Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society

Sun, 21 Feb at 14:00

Beethoven, Respighi, Messiaen, Brahms

Sahun "Sam" Hong, Maria Ioudenitch

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Composers’ hands (l-r): Felix Mendelssohn, R Schumann, Clara Schumann, Buxtehude, JS Bach, Beethoven © Bibl. Jagiellońska | Lib. of Congress | Staatsbibl. Berlin | Universitetsbibl. Uppsala | IMSLP

Traces and scratches: the magical world of composers’ handwriting

By Lawrence Dunn

Tokyo Philharmonic with the New National Theatre Chorus, led by Myung-whun Chung © Takafumi Ueno

Virtuosi, sex and violence: Tokyo Philharmonic’s 2024 season

Catrinas of the Día de los Muertos, inspired by the illustrations of José Guadalupe Posada © Tomas Castelazo | Wikimedia Commons

Machine for Contacting the Dead: a playlist for Halloween

By Lawrence Dunn

Fact file

Year of birth	1908
Year of death	1992
Nationality	France
Period	Modern

Top works

Chants de terre et de ciel, for soprano and piano Les Offrandes oubliées Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time)Theme et Variations pour violin et piano Turangalîla-Symphonie See all...

List of works

Catalogue d'oiseaux: Le Courlis cendré, no.13 Catalogue d'oiseaux: Le Loriot, no.2 Chants de terre et de ciel, for soprano and piano Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum, for orchestra Harawi, chant d'amour et de mort: Dans le noir Interstellar Call for solo horn Joie et Clarte des Corps Glorieux L'Ascension - 4 meditations symphoniques La nativité du Seigneur, for solo organ Les Offrandes oubliées Les corps glorieux, for solo organ Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité: Méditation VIII Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time)Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time): L'Abime des Oiseaux Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time): Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus Theme et Variations pour violin et piano Trois Mélodies Turangalîla-Symphonie Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus: Le baiser de l'enfant Jésus Vocalise-Étude