Event listing: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra 01 | Usher Hall | Fri 2 Sep 2011 at 19:30

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Usher Hall Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 2EA, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Festival: Edinburgh International Festival

Programme

Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992)	Chronochromie, for orchestra
Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992)	7 Haïkaï, for orchestra, (7 Haiku for piano and orchestra)
Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)	The Miraculous Mandarin, Op.19: Suite

Performers

Bamberg Symphony
Jonathan Nott	Conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard	Piano
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Christopher Bell	Choirmaster / chorus director

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A time to dance

Alan Coady, 2nd September

It's about time. Certainly Chronochromie is about the colour of time, but grasping the essence of much of Messiaen's music depends on being in synchrony with his take on time in music – specifically intimations of the eternal.

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