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In a programme of Lutosławski, Richard Strauss and Tchaikovsky conducted by Paavo Järvi, there are no weak links in the playing of the EFO and Stefan Dohr’s versatility on the horn is once again on display.

Ludovic Morlot conducts the Seattle Symphony in Messiaen's remarkable Des Canyons aux Étoiles, which bows to the majesty of the stunning geological and astrological entities of the southwestern US landscape, still sounding as if it had been written yesterday. 

The Israeli Chamber Project gave Milhaud's La Création du monde a warm and easy stride, a tactic that didn’t sit well in the second half with the ever-austere Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time.

Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time is given a rapt performance in Chicago. 

Haigh took full advantage of the Miller-Scott organ’s capacity for extraordinary delicacy and lower registers that can be profound yet crystal clear. La Nativité du Seigneur provided plenty of opportunity for displays of subtlety. 

Olivier Messiaen deeply personal voice and its influence echoed far and wide across the decades and across national boundaries. 

Pekka Kuusisto’s direction of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra is playful, creative and joyous in a mixed programme from Biber to Bartók, Haydn to Messiaen wrapped round with Ravel.