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Joanna MacGregor and the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra bring their 100th season to a triumphant conclusion at the Brighton Dome. 

Steven Osborne was lucid and detailed in his interpretation, lighting the technical fireworks as appropriate and seductive in the long and languid sixth movement, Jardin du sommeil d’amour.

Betsy Jolas delivers a farewell gift – at 96, her own final orchestral work – to Sir Simon Rattle on the occasion of his final Barbican concerts as the LSO's Music Director. 

Gustavo Gimeno, Marc-André Hamelin and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra raise the roof with Messiaen’s epic – and eclectic – Turangalîla-Symphonie.

Mälkki triumphs in the subtleties of Saariaho, stumbles in the ecstasies of Messiaen. 

Revelling in the luscious orchestrations and sumptuous melodies, it was a rare treat to bask in such obvious delight from both conductor and orchestra.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Cynthia Millar joined Franz Welser-Möst for a jaw-dropping performance of Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie.

A highlight of Royal Liverpool Philharmonic's season, tackling a piece not attempted by the orchestra for almost 50 years.

Chances to hear Messiaen's epic Turangalîla-Symphonie are few and far between and should be grasped accordingly.

Sakari Oramo pushes the BBC Symphony Orchestra to breaking point at Symphony Hall

Luis Buñuel's derision at the sense of entitlement of over-privileged, self-righteous prigs shines through a high quality operatic adaptation.

Thomas Hengelbrock and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra open Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie concert-hall with a traversal of music through the ages, from a Renaissance motet to Wolfgang Rihm's latest work.

To open the new year, Seattle Symphony music director Ludovic Morlot chose a standard work, Beethoven’s Ninth, prefaced with an unusual one by French composer Olivier Messaien. 

Esa-Pekka Salonen and Yuja Wang at the Baltic Sea Festival.

Massive forces played with great precision and exquisite sound and balance in Messiaen's complex Turangalîla-symphonie, under the baton of Dudamel.

While a powerful and exciting experience, Thursday's performance of Messiaen's Turangalîla ultimately proved a somewhat disappointing and distracting performance.

The music of John Foulds and Olivier Messiaen and their shared interest in Hindu philosophy and the music of India created an exciting and life-affirming programme for Prom 38

The Philharmonia Orchestra's Paris: City of Light 1900–1950 reaches its climax, where Debussy and Messiaen combine for a radiant, dazzling programme. Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard crowns an emotionally intense Turangalîla-symphonie.

Jonathan Nott and the London Symphony Orchestra deliver an energetic, precise and intense performance of Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony. 

Søndergård and the RSNO delight with a joyous performance of Turangalîla-symphonie, Messiaen's monumental portrait of love and play on a cosmic scale.

Despite knowing what was going to happen, it was a still surprising when, amid the chatter and bustle of the audience before the concert (there was a distinct lack of communal coughing before it started), the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain began Tuning Up.

The short life and terrifying death of Joan of Arc are the subject of Arthur Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher ("Joan of Arc at the Stake"), a curious masterpiece of an oratorio dating from 1938. The nearly-forgotten work received a well-deserved resurrection by Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall on Saturday night.

Pour son premier concert en tant que directeur musical de l'ONCT, le jeune chef finlandais a dirigé une interprétation légendaire de l'œuvre monumentale de Messiaen.

La Orquestra de València demostró su excelente nivel con una magnífica versión de la compleja Sinfonía Turangalîla con Sylvain Cambreling en la dirección.

Sous la direction du chef finlandais, l'œuvre monumentale d'Olivier Messiaen a eu du mal à retenir l'intérêt, après une belle prestation d'Axelle Fanyo et de l'Orchestre de Paris en première partie.

A pesar de la distancia entre Messiaen y Fauré, se advierte una íntima conexión, una conciencia en torno a las distintas posibilidades de declinar un sentimiento de devoción, lectura que Kent Nagano, al frente de la Orquesta y Coro Nacionales, ofreció en un concierto que destacó por la concentración, el énfasis y la intensidad.

Heiner Goebbels präsentiert bei der Ruhrtriennale ein aufregendes Gemisch an Klängen,Texten in verschiedensten Sprachen, farbenprächtigen Dekorstücken und Lichtreizen.

Aufgrund einer Handgelenksverletzung übernahm Olari Elts kurzfristig das Dirigat von Yannick Nézet-Séguin – Messiaens Musik tat dies aber keinen Abbruch.

Das Orchester meisterte seine Aufgabe nicht nur mit bewundernswerter Disziplin, sondern war auch sichtlich mit Freude und Engagement bei der Sache.

Dudamel erreichte in seiner Interpretation ein rundes, harmonisches, "natürliches" Klangbild: er achtete auf musikalischen Fluss, nahm das Publikum mit dieser Musik gefangen. Der Schluss geriet zu einer hinreißenden, ergreifenden Apotheose der Liebe.

Dans le chef-d'œuvre de Messiaen, c’est une expérience sonore renversante et inoubliable que nous ont offerte les musiciens de l'Orchestre de Paris et les solistes. Un choc sensoriel absolument exaltant !

La Orquesta Simón Bolívar con Dudamel en la dirección ofrecieron una enérgica y brillante Turangalila que enganchó al público del Palau desde el primer momento.

Un Messiaen hédoniste parfaitement rendu par un Esa-Pekka Salonen spécialiste de musique française.