Werk: 7 Haïkaï, for orchestra, (7 Haiku for piano and orchestra)

Zittern beim Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich: Ersatz-Dirigent Jonathan Nott vermochte zwar das vorgesehene Programm zu übernehmen. Aber Mahlers Lied von der Erde konnte nur durch einen Einspringer in letzter Minute gerettet werden.

Bold and colourful invocations of twentieth-century classics from Ensemble Modern and composer George Benjamin.

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.