Southbank Centre: Royal Festival HallBelvedere Road, London, Greater London, SE1 8XX, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Programme
| Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) | Syrinx | |
| Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) | La Damoiselle élue | |
| Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992) | Turangalîla-Symphonie |
Performers
| Philharmonia Orchestra | |
| Esa-Pekka Salonen | Conductor |
| Pierre-Laurent Aimard | Piano |
| Samuel Coles | Flute |
| Sophie Bevan | Soprano |
| Anna Stéphany | Mezzo-soprano |
| Philharmonia Voices | |
| Valérie Hartmann-Claverie | Ondes Martenot |
The Turangalîla-symphonie is an ecstatic outburst of love and rejoicing without equal in 20th-century music.
Messiaen embraces everything from the erotic mysticism of Scriabin and Gershwin's seductive nocturnal jazz to Christian plainchant, Indian ragas and birdsong. The result is a delirious masterpiece that at times comes close to musical meltdown.
6pm at Royal Festival Hall - Pre-concert talk. Free.
