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Composer: Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992)

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Wigmore Hall

Mon 28 Sep at 13:00

Mozart, Bartók, Messiaen, Chopin

Elisabeth Brauß

© Mats Bäcker

Concertgebouw: Recital Hall

Thu 15 Oct at 20:15

Chausson, Debussy, Saint-Saëns, Messiaen, Poulenc

Roland Pöntinen, Martin Fröst

© Sim Canetty Clark

Holywell Music Room

Fri 16 Oct at 19:30

Castille, Messiaen, Janáček, Weill, Wolf

Ruckgaber, Kammler, Noble, Cooper, Allpress

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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

Paula Murrihy, Mari Eriksmoen, Ryan Bancroft and Szymon Mechliński © BBC | Mark Allan

Romantic piety and passion from Ryan Bancroft and BBC NOW

By Peter Quantrill

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© Sony Music Entertainment

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

© 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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Philharmonie de Paris: Salle des concerts de la Cité de la musique

Until 31 Dec 23:59

Boulez - Conducting masterclass - Messiaen

The Cleveland Orchestra, Boulez, Pollet, Ollila-Hannikainen, Sallaberger, Shui, Harding, Rophé

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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 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 Oiseaux exotiques, for orchestra Pourquoi?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 Visions de l'amen, for two pianos