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Work: Harawi - chant d'amour et de mort, for soprano and piano

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ComposerMessiaen, Olivier (1908-1992)
PeriodModern
Year1945
Work typeVocal
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PhiladelphiaAnika Kildegaard & Daniel Schreiner

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Messiaen, Debussy, Frank
Anika Kildegaard; Daniel Schreiner

LilleChants d’amour et de mort

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Wagner, Ravel, Messiaen
Rachael Wilson; Katia Ledoux; Virginie Déjos
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Messiaen's Harawi at Leeds Lieder+

It was a rare opportunity: a chance to experience Olivier Messiaen’s Harawi , a song-cycle rarely-performed on account of its considerable demands on singer and pianist: most would consider very carefully before taking it on. Inspired by Wagner’s version of the Tristan and Isolde legend and its Love-Death (Liebestod) ending, it is the first of a trilogy.