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| Composer | Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992) |
| Period | Modern |
| Year | 1960 |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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Messiaen and Verdi share a thorny program
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus joined for two of Verdi’s Four Sacred Pieces.
Messiaen’s austerely beautiful Chronochromie in Cleveland
Franz Welser-Möst conducted the Cleveland Orchestra in a program which also included Messiaen’s 1932 Hymne and Dvořák’s Fifth Symphony.
A time to dance
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.