Events, CD & DVD Releases
Calendar
2026
2 January 2026 1pm Charles Wooler, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur, Emmanuel, Wylde Gree, Sutton Coldfield, UK.
2 January 2026 1,15pm Philip Berg, organ. a Nativite du Seigneur. St Andrew's Cathedral, Inverness, Scotland UK
3 January 2026 7pm Jeffrey Makinson, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur, Lincoln Cathedral UK.
4 January 2026 4pm Nicholas Freestone, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur, Worcester Cathedral, UK
4 January 2026 4.30pm David Leigh, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur,Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland
4 January 2026 11am Colin Andrews, Director of Music Ministries, La Nativite du Seigneur, First Presbyterian Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana. USA.
5 January 2026 7pm Martyn Rawles, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur, Lichfield Cathedral. UK
6 January 2026 Elizaveta Suglova, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur, Stadtkirche Bayreuth, Germany.
8 January 2026 6pm Ensemble Chamarre, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Ciurlionio Namai, Vilnius, Lithuania.
10 January 2026 7pm Orquesta de Valencia Nacho de Paz, Les Offrandes oubliees; L'Ascension. Palau de la Musica: Sala Hurbi, Valencia, Spain.
10 January 2026 5.30pm David Halls, organ La Nativite du Seigneur, Salisbury Cathedral. UK
11 January 2026 4pm Pierre Queval, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. St Peter's Cathedral, Nantes, France.
11 January 2026 8pm Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire/Sasha Goetzel, Les Offrandes oubliees. Le Theatre, Saint Nazare, France.
11 January 2026 7pm Richard Morgan, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. iLoken kirke, Aurskeg-Holland.
11 January 2026 4pm Balthasar Baumgartner, organ. La Nativite du Seigneur. Dom St Peter, Osnabruck, Germany.
11 January 2026 3pm Gail Archer, organ. Meditations sur le Mystere de la Sainte Trinity. Mount Angel Abbey, Saint Benedict, OR, USA.
11 January 2026 3pm Tim Patient, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. St Peter & Paul, Eye, Suffolk, UK
11 January 2026 3pm James Thomas, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Cirencester Parish Church, UK.
11 January 2026 4pm Gereon Krahforst, organ , La Nativite du Seigneur. Maria Laach Abbey Church, Glees, Germany
11 January 2026 4.30pm Simon Hogan, organ La Nativite du Seigneur. Southwark Cathedral. UK
11 January 2026 3.30pm and 7.30pm Milwaukee Musaik, Quartet for the End of Time. The Wilson Center, Milwaukee, USA.
11 January 2026 3pm Musicians from the Boston Chamber Music Society, Quartet for the End of Time. Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, MA, USA.
11 January 2026 4pm Charles Francis, organ. La Nativite du Seigneur. Third Presbyterian Church, Rochester, NY. USA.
12 January 2026 7.30pm, The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, New York, USA.
13 January 2026 7.30pm Carolin Widmann, violin, Alexander Lonquich, piano, Fantaisie. Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, Germany.
14 -15 January 2026 7pm Goteborgs Symfoniker, Damkor ur Goteborgs Symfonikers Vokalensemble/Barbara Hannigan Juan Zarutuza, piano and Cecile Lartigau, ondes Martenot. Trois Petites Liturgies de la Presence Divine. Goteborgs Konserthus, Gothenburg, Sweden.
14 January 2026 5.30pm interspersed with readings Daniel Cook, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur.Durham Cathedral. UK.
15 January 2026 7pm Messiaen Days 2026 Cultural Forum, Emanuel Salvador, violin, Jean-Marc Fessard, clarinet, Adam Klocek, cello, Fanny Azzuro, piano. Quartet for the End of Time. Gorlitz Synagogue, Poland.
16 January 2026 7pm Klangforum Wien Orchester/Ingo Metzmacher Christoph Walder, horn, Johannes Purto, piano, Lukas Schiske, percussion, Alex Lipowski, percussion, Des Canyons aux etoiles...Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria.
16 January 2026 12pm Kevin Kwan, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Christ & St Luke's, Norfolk, VA, USA.
16 January 2026 6.30pm Lecture: A Mystic in the Making: Exploring Messiaen's Organ Literature by Gail Archer. Meditations sur le Mystere de la Sainte Trinite played by Gail Archer, organ. Mount Angel Abbey, Portland, OR. USA.
16 January 2026 7.30pm Sachia Gunga and Michael Chamberlain, organ. La Nativite du Seigneur. Portsmouth Cathedral, UK
17 January 2026 6pm Simon Harden, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Christ Church, Waterford, Ireland.
18 January 2026 8pm Barbara Hannigan, soprano, Bertrand Chamayou, piano, Chant de Terre et de Ciel. Goteborgs Konserthua, Gothenburg, Sweden.23 January 2026 7.30pm 25 2pm Tucson Symphony Orchestra/Jose Luis Gomez, Le tombeau respendissant. Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, Tucson, AZ, USA.
18 January 2026 4pm Elbphilharmonie Publikumorchester/Michael Petermann, Un sourire. Burgerhaus Wilhelmsburg January 24th, 8pm Elbphilharmonie Grosser Saal, Hamburg, Germany.
18 January 2026 5pm Claudia Grimell, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. St Edmundsbury Cathedral Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK.
18 January 2026 5pm Samuel Bristow, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Chelmsford Cathedral, UK.
18th January 2026 · 5:30pm - 8:30pm Bartholomew LaFollette & Friends + Pre-Concert Recital with Max Pemberton, piano. Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant Jesus: No.1 Regard du Père, No.4 Regard de la Vierge, No.5 Regard du Fils sur le Fils. CONWAY HALL, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL, UK
18 January 2026 3:00 p.m Richard Elliott, organ, L'Ascension.. The program also includes Caitlyn Valovick-Moore, bass flute, performing "Một người nhìn lại đời mình" by Messiaen's pupil, Nguyễn Thiên Đạo.. Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
18 January 2026 4pm Dr Michael Messina, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Christ Church, Wilmington, DE, USA.
18 January 2026 5pm Imogen Morgan, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. ---interspersed with Bible readings and accompanied by images. St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland.
18 January 2026 6pm Jean-Pierre Lecaudey, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Basel Cathedral, Switzerland.
19 January 2026 6.30pm La Nativite du Seigneur. Performed by students. Royal Academy of Music, London Duke's Hall, UK
23 January 2026 (6pm), 24(3pm), 2026 Goteborgs Symfoniker/Barbara Hannigan, Bertrand Chamayou, piano, Quatuor pour la fin du temps (excerpt); Oiseaux exotiques. Goteborgs Konserthua, Gothenburg, Sweden.
23 January 2026 8pm Klangforum Wien/Ingo Metzmacher (soloists tba) Pre-concert talk 7pm. Des Canyons aux etoiles... Elbphilharmonie Grosser Saal, Hamburg
23 January 2026 (7.30pm), 25th (2pm) Tucson Symphony Orchestra/Jose Luis Gomez, Le tombeau resplendissant. Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, Tucson, AZ, USA.
23 January 2026 8pm Cecile Broche, violin, Emmanuel Says, clarinet, Corentin Dellicour, cello, Nathalie Alessi, piano. Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Encore! Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
24 January 2026 5pm Andreas J Maurer-Buntjen, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Evangelical Lutheran parish of Segeberg, Germany.
25 January 20262026 3pm Hanne Kuhlmann, organ. La Nativite du Seigneur. Stavnsholt Church, Farum, Denmark
27 January 2026 7pm Madelaine Mitchell, violin, Anthony Friend, clarinet, Joseph Spooner, cello, Ian Pace, piano. Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Preceded by a companion one act play "A Walk through the End of Time" by Jessica Duchen, inspired by the writing of the Quartet. Riverside Barn, Walton-on-Thames, Greater London, UK.
27 January 2026 8.45pm Trio DeFeo and Pasquale Allegretti Gravino, violin. Quartet for the End of Time. Mariele Ventre Hall of Palazzo Monsignani, Imola, Italy.
28 January 2026 7.30pm Axelle Fanyo, soprano, Julius Drake, piano, Trois Melodies; Selections from Poemes pour Mi. Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, New York, USA.
29 January 2026 7pm London Symphony Orchestra/Robert Trevino, Hymne. Barbican Hall, London, UK.
29 January 2026 (8.30pm), 30 (8pm) RAI National Symphony Orchestra/Nicolo Umberto Foron, Les Offrandes oubliees. Auditorium RAI Arturo Toscannini, Turin, Italy.
30 January 2026 8pm Julia Bullock, soprano, Conor Hanick, piano,Harawi. Cullen Theater, Wortham Theatre Center, Houston, TX USA.
30 January 2026 7.30pm Axelle Fanyo, soprano, Julius Drake, piano. Kimmel Center, Trois Melodies; Poemes pour Mi. Perelman Theater, Philadelphia, USA.
31 January 2026 8pm Ensemble Atmospheres/Ilyich Rivas Jean-Paul Gasparian, piano, Oiseaux exotiques. Salle Cortot, Paris, France.
1 February 2026 5pm Erin Wagner, mezzo-soprano, Shawn Chang, piano, Harawi. Brooklyn Art Song Society, Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NYC, USA.
1 February 2026 5pm Hebrides Ensemble, Quartet for the End of Time. Dumfries House, Cumnock, KA18 2NJ. UK.
1 February 2026 6.30pm Alexander Binns, organ. La Nativite du Seigneur. Derby Cathedral, UK
1 February 2026 3pm Cross Route, Quartet for the End of Time. Darke Hall, University of Regina, SK, Canada.
2 February 20267pm Hebrides Ensemble. Quartet for the End of Time. Fruitmarket, Glasgow, UK.
February 7th, 2026, 7pm Adelaide Place, Glasgow
2 February 2026, 7pm Roger Muraro Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus, Florianka Concert Hall, Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music, Kraków, Poland.
5 February 2026 7.30pm David Byrd-Marrow, horn, Cory Smythe, piano, Chant (dans le style Mozart) for horn and piano (1986). Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio at CMS, New York, USA.
5 February 2026 7pm Meelis Vind, clarinet, Triin Ruubel Lilleberg, violin, Eric-Maria Couturier, cello, Kart Ruubel, piano, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Jageva Culturel Centre, Esto.
6 February 20267.30pm Hebrides Ensemble. Quartet for the End of Time. BunSgoil Ghaidhlig Phort Righ, Portree, Skye, UK.
6 February 2026 1.15pm Robert Bridge, piano. Canteyodjaya. St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, London UK.
6 February 2026 6pm Meelis Vind, clarinet, Triin Ruubel Lilleberg, violin, Eric-Maria Couturier, cello, Kart Ruubel, piano, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Hariduse tul, Turi, Jarvamaa.
7 February 2026 4pm Meelis Vind, clarinet, Triin Ruubel Lilleberg, violin, Eric-Maria Couturier, cello, Kart Ruubel, piano, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Holdre loss, Valgamaa, Torva vald, Vaigamaa.
7 February 2026 7pm Hebrides Ensemble. Quartet for the End of Time. Adelaide Place, Glasgow, UK
7 February 20267pm members of Junge Deutsche Philharmonie. Quatuor pour la fin de temps. French Reformed Church, Offenbach am Main, Germany.
11-12 February 2026 7.30pm Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra/Robert Trevino, Hymne au Saint-Sacrement. Philharmonie Mercaterhalle, Duisburg, Germany.
11 February 2026 7pm members of London Sinfonietta . La Merle Noir. Portsmouth Cathedral UK.
13, February 2026 7.30pm14 6.00pm Choir and National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra/Ingo Metzmacher / Adam Kośmieja piano / Augustin Viard ondes Martenot, Trois petites liturgies, National Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Poland.
19 February 2026 7pm Michael Friedlander, piano, Karl-Heinz Steffans, clarinet, Roi Shiloach, violin, Hillel Zori, cello. Quartet for the End of Time. Jerusalem Music Centre, Jerusalem, Israel.
20 February 20267.30pm Katharine Saik Lugan, soprano, Albert Cano Smit, piano, Harawi. Smith College, Sweeney Concert Hall, Northampton, MA, USA.
24 February 2026 7.30pm Orquesta Sinfonica de Madrid/Kirill Karabits, L'Ascension. Auditiorio Nacional de Musica, Sala Sinfonica, Madrid, Spain.
25 February 2026 1pm Robert Plane, clarinet and the Gould Piano Trio, Quartet for the End of Time. Town Hall, Kendall, Cumbria, UK
28 February 20267pm Members of London Sinfonietta, Le Merle Noir, Purcell Room, London, UK.
1 March 202611.00 Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano, Vingt Regards sur l'enfant-Jesus. Salle des Spectacles, Epalinges, Switzerland
1 March 2026 2.30pm Members of the Lake Constance Philharmonic Orchestra. Quartet for the End of Time. Steigenberger Inselhotel (Banquet Hall), Konstanz, Germany.
1 March 2026 3pm Lecture: A Mystic in the Making: Exploring Messiaen's Organ Literature by Gail Archer. Meditations sur le Mystere de la Sainte Trinite played by Gail Archer, organ. Saint Meinrad Archabbey, St Meinrad, IN. USA.
7 March 2026 11.30am Roderick Chadwick, piano, La Bouscarle Catalogue d'oiseaux book 5. Durham University, Department of Music, Palace Green, Durham, UK.
11 March 2026 8pm Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire/Sasha Goetzel, Les Offrandes oubliees. Le Theatre, scene national, Saint-Nazaire, France.
14 March 202610am Lecture on the organ works of Olivier Messiaen by Gail Archer. Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, USA.
15 March 2026 3pm Lecture: A Mystic in the Making: Exploring Messiaen's Organ Literature by Gail Archer. Meditations sur le Mystere de la Sainte Trinite played by Gail Archer, organCathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Denver, CO. USA.
19 March 2026 & 20, 2026 7pm - March 21 2026 2pm Sydney Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Soddy, Les Offrandes oubliees. Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Australia.
22 March 2026 11.30am Pavel Kolesnikov, piano, Samson Tsoy, piano, Alina Ibragimova, violin, Albaan Gerhardt, cello, Nicolas Baldeyron, clarinet, Theme et Variations, 3pm. Quatuor pour la fin de temps. Muziekgebouw aan;t IJ, Main Hall, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
25 March 2026 6.30pm Sybille Duchesne, violin, Alexandre Fougerous, cello, Veronique Audard, clarinet, Maki Belkin, piano. Regards sur l'enfant-Jesus (extracts); Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Printemps des Arts, Auditorium Rainier III, Monaco.
25 March 2026 10am Michael Symmons Roberts talks to Jane Shaw, Quartet for the End of Time: On Music, Grief & Birdsong. Poet and librettist Michael Symmons Roberts explains his fascination with Olivier Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du temps and how it led him into an exploration of grief, of personal faith and doubt, and of the end of time and what may lie beyond it. Pusey House: Chapel, Oxford, UK.
31 March 2026 7pm Jakob Lorentzen, organ,Livre du Saint Sacrament.Holmens Kirke, Copenhagen, Denmark.
31 March 2026 7.30pm Steven VanHauwaert and Viktor Valkov, pianos. Visions de l'Amen. College of Fine Arts - School of Music, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah,USA.
4 April 2026 7.30pm Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo/Kazuki Yamada Jen-Frederic Neuburger, piano, Nathalie Forget, ondes Martenot, Turangalila Symphonie. Printemps des Arts, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco.
6 April 2026 5pm Christof Putsch, organ, Les corps glorieux. Zionkirche Bethel, Bielefeld, Germany.
7 April 2026 8pm Sharon Kam, clarinet, Liza Ferschtman, violin, Christian Poltera, cello, Enrico Pace, piano, Quartet for the End of Time. Grande Auditorio, Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal.
10 - 11 April 2026 8pm Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra/Simone Young Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano, Cynthia Millar, ondes Martenot. Turangalila Symphonie. Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA.
12 April 2026 11am Alexandra Kehrle, clarinet, Avigail Bushakevitz, violin, Taneili Turanen, cello, Florian van Radowitz, piano, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Kleiner Saal, Konzerthaus, Berlin, Germany.
16-17 April 2026 7.30pm Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich/ Kent Nagano Yury Favorin, piano, Nathalie Forget, ondes Martenot. Turangalila Symphonie. Grosse Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland.
17 April 2026 8pm Anthony Thompson, clarinet, Amy Hillis, violin, Bryan Holt, cello, Cheryl Duvall, piano, Quartet for the End of Time. Unitarian Congregation in Mississauga, ON. USA.
19 April 2026 2pm The Marine Chamber Orchestra of NOVA/conductor tba Winner of the annual Concerto Competition hosted by "The Presidents Own", piano soloist, Des Canyons aux etoiles... Rachel M Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center at Northern Virginia Community College (Alexandria Campus), USA.
23 April 2026 7.30pm Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko, Steven Osborne, piano, Cecile Lartigau,Ondes Martenot, Turangalila Symphonie. Royal Festival Hall, London, UK.
Imagine an explosion of love on a cosmic scale. Mix in some 1940s Hollywood glamour, a pounding rhythmic workout and the sounds of a Javanese gamelan, and then wash it all in blissful impressionist colours. Now add a huge orchestra, a world-class pianist and a vintage electronic instrument straight out of science fiction and you’re still not even halfway to imagining Messiaen’s mind-boggling Turangalîla-Symphonie. 77 years after its premiere, it still sounds like nothing on earth.
‘A love song, a hymn to joy, time, movement, rhythm, life and death’ was how Messiaen himself described this vast, vibrant psychedelic masterpiece, and Vasily Petrenko, star pianist Steven Osborne and a super-sized Royal Philharmonic Orchestra turn the volume up to 11. Inspired by the golden age of silent cinema, 1927 Studios – the visionary team behind the Komische Opera Berlin’s 2012 production of The Magic Flute (★★★★ The Guardian) – create an original film to play alongside the cosmic symphony. This is music that contains multitudes: every performance is a special occasion. Don’t miss this one.
23 April 2026 7.30pm Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and National Orchestra of Catalonia/Jonathan Nott Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano, Thomas Bloch, ondes Martenot. Turangalila Symphonie. Auditorio Nacional de Musica: Sala Sinfonica, Madrid, Spain.
24 April 2026 (8pm), 26 (7pm), Barcelona Symphony Orchestra& National;Orchestra of Catalonia (OBC)/Jonathan Nott Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano, Thomas Bloch.ondes Martenot, Turangalila Symphonie. Sala 1-Pau Casals, L'Auditori, Barcelona, Spain.
27 April 2026 8pm Orchestre de chambre de Geneve/Raphael Merlin Bertrand Chamayou, piano, Oiseaux exotiques. Batiment des Forces Motrices, Geneva, Switzerland.
29 April 2026 12.30pm Francois Sochard, violin, Daniel Mitaiksky, cello, Davide Bandieri, clarinet, Stephanie Gurga, piano, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Salle Paderewski, Lausanne, Switzerland.
3 May 20263pm Simone McIntosh, mezzo-soprano, Nathaniel LaNasa, piano, Harawi. Wigmore Hall, London, UK
3 May 2026 7pm Basel Sinfonietta/Titus Engel. Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum. Stadtcasino, Basel, Switzerland.
9 May 2026 7.30pm Francesco Piemontesi, piano, Pierre Genisson, clarinet, Veronika Eberle, violin, Daniel Muller-Schott, cello. Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Vevey Spring Classic, Salle del Castillo, Vevey, Switzerland.
10 May 2026 6pm Basel Sinfonietta/Titus Engel, Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum. Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany.
14 & 15 May 2026 7.30pm The Danish National Symphony Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen Bertrand Chamayou, piano Cécile Lartigau, Ondes Martenot . Turangalila Symphonie. Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark.
14 May 2026, 8.15pm Marieke Blankestijn, violin, Emanuele Silvestri, cello, Julien Herve, clarinet, Hannes Minnaar, piano, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Laurenskerk, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
14 May 2026 7.30pm Concerto Budapest/Andras Keller. Les Offrandes oubliees. Mupa: Bela Bartok National Concert Hall, Budapest, Hungary.
14 May 2026 11am Bjorn Steinar Solbergsson, organ, L'Ascension. Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland.
14 May 2026 15 (8pm), 16 (4.30pm).Orquestra Sinfonica do Estado de Sao Paulo/Thierry Fischer Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano. Oiseaux exotiques. Sala Sao Paulo, Brazil.
18 May 2026 time tbc Barbara Hannigan, soprano Bertrand Chamayou, piano, Chants de Terre et de Ciel. Konzerthaus, Blaibach, Germany.
May 20th, 2026 time and venue tbc Barbara Hannigan, soprano Bertrand Chamayou, piano, Chants de Terre et de Ciel. Prague Spring Festival.
19 May 2026 8pm Jorg Widmann, clarinet, Isabelle Faust, violin, Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano. Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany.
20 May 2026 7.30pm Jorg Widmann, clarinet, Isabelle Faust, violin, Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano. Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Philharmonie Luxembourg, Salle de Musique de Chambre, Luxembourg.
20 May 2026 8pm Barbara Hannigan, soprano, Bertrand Chamayou, piano, Chant de terre et de ciel. Prague Spring Festival Rudolfinum-Dvorak Hall. Czech Rep.
21 May 2026 7.30pm Jorg Widmann, clarinet, Isabelle Faust, violin, Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Schubert-Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria.
23 May 2026 8.15pm Isabelle Faust, violin, Jorg Widmann, clarinet, Jean-Guhen Queyras, cello, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Muziekgebouw aan't IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
24 May 20267.30pm Isabelle Faust, violin, Jorg Widmann, clarinet, Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano. Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Elbphilharmonie (Kleiner Saal), Hamburg, Germany.
27 May 2026 (6.45pm), 28 (7.30pm) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Musicians from Bergen Philharmonic Youth Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen Bertrand Chamayou, piano, Cecile Lartigau, ondes Martenot, Turangalila Symphonie. Bergen International Festival, Griegshalen, Bergen, Norway.
28 May 2026 7.30pm Alan Berg Ensemble Wien - Sebastien Gurtler, violin, Florian Berner, cello, Ariane Haering, piano, Alexander Neubauer, cello, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Schubert-Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria.
31 May 2026 time tba. Tom Bell, organ, Meditations sur le Mystere la Sainte Trinite. Blackburn Cathedral, UK.
3 June 2026 time tba.Tom Bell, organ, Livre du Saint Sacrament. Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, UK.
4 June 2026 8.15pm Lisa Willems, soprano, Sophie Raynaud, piano, Poemes pour Mi. Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth, Waterloo, Belgium.
6 June 2026 7.30pm Tom Bell, organ, Livre du Saint Sacrament, Buckfast Abbey, Devon, UK.
9 June 2026 5pm Renate Wirth, organ, Claudia Egold, readings, Messe de la Pentecote. St Johanniskirche, Berlin, Germany.
11 June 2026 8pm Geneva Lewis, violin, Anthony McGill, clarinet, Jay Campbell, cello, Conor Hanick, piano. Quartet for the End of Time. Ojai Music Festival Libby Bowl, CA, USA.
14 June 2026 6pm Sabina Matthas-Bebie, clarinet, Theodore Flindell, violin, Matthias Schranx, cello, Yuki Inagawa, piano. Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Kunstmuseum Thun. Switzerland.
20 June 2026 3pm Lecture: A Mystic in the Making: Exploring Messiaen's Organ Literature by Gail Archer. Meditations sur le Mystere de la Sainte Trinite played by Gail Archer, organ.Cathedral of Christ the Light, Oakland, CA. USA.
21 June 2026 7.30pm Tom Bell, organ, Meditations sur le Mystere la Sainte Trinite. St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK.
22 June 2026 7.30pm Hugo Ticciati, violin, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano. Theme et Variations. Wigmore Hall, London, UK.
28 June 2026 7pm Thomas Ades and Kirill Gerstein, pianos, Visions de l'Amen. Grosse Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland.
17 July 2026 6.30pm Verbier Festival Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen Lucas Debargue, piano, Cecile Lartgau, ondes Martenot. Turangalila Symphonie Verbier Festival Salle des combins, Switzerland.
29 July 20267.30pm Robert Plane, clarinet and the Gould Piano Trio, Quartet for the End of Time. Mission House: Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
30 July 20267.30pm Carolin Widmann, violin, Alexander Lonquich, piano. Fantaisie. Wigmore Hall, London, UK.
1 August 2026 6pm TMC Chamber Music. Quartet for the End of Time. Tanglewood Festival Studio E. Linde Center for Music and Learning, Lennox/Stockbridge, MA, USA.
4 August 2026 5pm, 9 August, 5pm August 12 August 5.30pm, August 15, 5pm, 19 August 5.30pm, 23 August, 5pm. Saint Francois d'Assise (staged).
Lauranne Oliva, L'Ange, Philippe Sly, Saint Francois, Sean Pannikar, Le Lepreux, Russell Brown, Frere Leon, Leo Vermot-Desrouches, Free Massee, Aaron-Casey Gould, Frere Elie, Willard White, Frere Bernard Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Maxime Pascal.
Salzburg Summer Festival 2026. Felsenreitschule, Saltzburg, Austria.
Late night concerts all in the Mozarteum Foundation - Great Hall unless stated otherwise
2 August 202610pm Catalogue d'oiseaux (6 excerpts) Le Traquet stapazin, Le Loriot, Le Merle bleu, Le Courlis cendré, La Chouette hulotte, L’Alouette lulu. Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
7 August 2026 10pm Olivier Latry, organ Meditations - works and excerpts from works by Messiaen ,Apparition de l’Église éternelle, Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le Ciel from L’Ascension, Le Verbe from La Nativité du Seigneur, Joie et Clarté des Corps glorieux from Les Corps glorieux, Les Mains de l’abîme from Livre d’orgue, Verset pour la fête de la Dédicace, Prière après la communion from Livre du Saint Sacrement, Dieu parmi nous
from La Nativité du Seigneur. Franciscan Church.
11 August 202610pm Visions de l'Amen Igor Levit and Markus Hinterhauser, pianos
20 August 202610pm Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Renaud Capacon, violin, Pascal Moragues, clarinet, Kian Soltani, cello, Helene Mercier, piano.
5 September 2026 7pm Sarah Aristidou – Soprano, WDR Symphony Orchestra Kent Nagano – Conductor. Yvonne Loriod La Sainte Face (1945) for soprano and orchestra. World premiere. Berlin Phiharmonic Great Hall, Berlin, Germany.
CD/DVD Releases
VISIONS DE L'AMEN
Michel Béroff (piano), Marie-Josèphe Jude (piano)
La Scala Music SMU021. Released 26th September 2025
Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps/ Fantaisie
ACD: ACD22940
This recording brings together four leading performers. Pianist Louise Bessette, an icon of contemporary music and nominee for Performer of the Year at the 2024-2025 Prix Opus Gala, brings her mastery to this album, for which she is also producer and artistic director.
She is joined by cellist Cameron Crozman, renowned for his imagination and sensitivity, clarinetist Dominic Desautels, noted for his elegant playing, and finally, the brilliant violinist Mark Lee.
This recording is released on the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the work’s creation, conceived under the harsh conditions of the camp at Görlitz – an anniversary that invites reflection on the resilience of artistic expression in the face of tragedy.
This new recording presents a deeply evocative interpretation, fully revealing the brilliance of each movement . The inclusion of the Fantaisie (1933) for violin and piano subtly highlights the evolution of Messiaen’s musical language.
The Complete Piano works. Ciro Longobardi. Brilliant Classics
97295 EAN 5063758972956
ReleaseJanuary 2026
A lush, intricate success – meaningful for Messiaen enthusiasts and enjoyable for those new to his work. I highly recommend it.’ This review from Fanfare magazine is one of several in the international press to have recognised the achievement of Ciro Longobardi while in the midst of recording the complete piano music of Olivier Messiaen, in a cycle which is now issued complete for the first time, and at budget price.
Harawi - (Chant d'Amour et de Mort) - Live recording
László Borbely piano
Anna Molnár mezzo-soprano
Hunnia Records HRES2427
January 20, 2025
In many ways, Harawi: A Song of Love and Death featuring Mezzo-Soptano Anna Molnár and pianist László Borbély on a Steinway Model D Concert Grand Piano, Hamburg, occupies a special place in the oeuvre of Messiaen. On the one hand, it places extreme demands on the two performers, often not in a purely technical sense, but even more in a spiritual, psychological sense. At the same time, to highlight the work’s humanly testing difficulty is to miss the point.
The other aspect of the piece’s uniqueness is the composer’s style, which is a mixture of surrealism and sacredness, and which makes his musical language always unique and instantly recognizable.
Catalogue d’oiseaux & Petites esquisses d’oiseaux
Alfonso Gómez, piano.
Messiaen saw birds as his greatest teachers, capturing their songs with passion and precision. His piano works, especially Catalogue d’oiseaux and Petites esquisses d’oiseaux, translate birdsong into rich,
colorful music. Messiaen’s fascination with rhythm, color, and nature shaped his compositions, blending ornithology with spirituality. Alfonso Gómez delivers an astonishing interpretation on this recording, adding to his acclaimed discography for this label. As Messiaen himself said: “Nature, birdsong! These are my passions. They are also my refuge.”
KAIROS 0022302KAI, 3CDs Released March 2025
Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus, Petites Esquisses d'Oiseaux
Ciro Longobardi piano
Piano Classics PCL10246
The third volume Ciro Longobardi’s Messiaen, after the universal critical success of Volumes 1 & 2, focusing on the composer’s best-loved piano cycle.
With his Piano Classics collection of the Préludes, Quatre Études de rythme, La fauvette des jardins and other shorter works, Ciro Longobardi announced himself as a Messiaen pianist of remarkable imagination and accomplishment. The critics duly took note: ‘Longobardi showcases tremendous technical skill and an exceptional attentiveness
Turangalîla Symphonie
Yuja Wang · Cécile Lartigau
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons
DGG Streaming
Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra join forces with pianist Yuja Wang and ondist Cécile Lartigau release their album featuring a stunning interpretation of Turangalîla Symphonie. The recording, recorded at Symphny Hall in Boston in April 2024, celebrates the 75th anniversary of the work's premiere on December 2, 1949. Of particular note is that it was also the Boston Symphony Orchestra that originally performed the work, commissioned by their pioneering music director Serge Koussevitsky
Messiaen's Musical Universe
Tom Bell performs Messiaen's cycles including La Nativité du Seigneur, Messe de la Pentecôte and the magisterial Livre du Saint Sacrement in its entirety at Blackburn Cathedral UK. In an accompanying documentary Tom explores Messiaen's life and compositions with biographer and scholar Christopher Dingle. There are als contributions from Thomas Lacôte, Carolyn Shuster-Fournier and Loïc Mallié at the organ of La Trinité in Paris where Messiaen spent a good deal of his working life as titular organist.
The Seattle Symphony releases Des canyons aux étoiles… (“From the Canyons to the Stars…”), which takes inspiration from the rock spires, birdsong and night sky of Utah’s national parks. With Conductor Emeritus Ludovic Morlot at the podium and guest artist Steven Osborne on piano, the Symphony presents Messiaen’s starry-eyed journey through nature and the divine. Two concerts of the entire 110-minute-long work were recorded in the stunning acoustics of Benaroya Hall. Catalog Number: SSM1028
In their first release on harmonia mundi, Gustavo Gimeno and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra offer us a dazzling reading of the Turangalîla-Symphonie. Equally attentive to architecture and to detail, they glorify the rich and refined orchestration of the French composer’s vast hymn to love, always on the lookout for unprecedented sonic alchemies. A unique musical and sensory experience!
Marc-André Hamelan, piano Nathalie Forget, Ondes Martenot.
HMM905336, February 2024
Soprano Barbara Hannigan and pianist Bertrand Chamayou unite to record the two major song cycles from the 1930's. Poèmes pour Mi are inspired by the precious relationship of Messiaen and “Mi” - the nickname of his first wife; violinist and composer Claire Delbos. Chants de terre et de ciel also emerges from Messiaen's marriage to Delbos, written just after the birth of their son, Pascal. Hannigan and Chamayou delve into the composer's complex language to reveal a natural and flowing music, whose roots extend from the earth upwards to a shimmering realm. As a final work on the album, Hannigan and Chamayou included a rarely performed "scena" of Messiaen: La Mort du nombre (1930) is a dialogue between two souls, in which they are joined by the Canadian tenor Charles Sy and the Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang.
Release Date: 24th May 2024
Catalogue No: ALPHA1033
Groundbreaking New Release of Messiaen's Monumental Masterpiece
New recording of Olivier Messiaen's monumental masterpiece for piano, Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant- Jésus, was released on the composer's birthday, 10 December 2023, brilliantly interpreted by the Danish-Swedish pianist Morten Heide.
The release includes a well-written and beautifully illustrated 64-page booklet with insightful information about Messiaen and a comprehensive listening guide, crafted with both laypeople and musicians in mind, making this release truly unique.
The album, includes a detailed booklet, and will be available both as a CD and
digital format. Gateway Music is responsible for the physical distribution.
La Nativité du Seigneur
Mark Steinbach - organ
Mark Steinbach
(Cavaille-Coll-Orgel Eglise Saint-Francois de Sales, Lyon)
Label: Aeolus, DDD, 2022
Bestellnummer: 11605848
Release date 3.11.2023
Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps, Murail, Stalag VIIIa :
Het Collectief
Release date: 23 Nov 2023
Souvenirs D'Oiseaux
Roderick Chadwick - piano
Roderick Chadwick has recorded the second volume in a series which presents Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux coupled with works which are linked either in style or subject matter. This follows the well-received issue of the first volume, entitled ‘La Mer Bleue ’which included Book 1 of the Catalogue. This double album is a continuation of Chadwick's journey through Messiaen's Catalogue d'oiseaux, the latest issue featuring Books 2 through 5, including the cycle's great centrepiece 'La rousserolle effarvatte' (The Reed Warbler), which evokes the sights and sounds of the Sologne region across a full day's span.
Release Date: 14th Apr 2023. Catalogue No: DDA21240. Label: Divine Art
Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jésus.
Kristoffer Hyldig - piano
KRISTOFFER HYLDIG is one of Denmark‘s leading pianists, recognized for his musicality and highly personal, sensitive approach. Known for his versatility, he is in demand as a soloist, as well as chamber musician and lied accompanist. He is a founding member of Messiaen Quartet Copenhagen, where his work comprises artistic programming as well as closely working with composers, commissioning, and premiering pieces. Recorded in Vor Frelser’s Church, Copenhagen during one of the most severe periods during the lock down by producer, recording & balance engineer extraordinaire, Preben Iwan. The album is recorded in the immersive DXD format. Our Recordings, 6.220.677-78. Release date: April 2023
Des canyons aux étoiles... Utah Symphony
Thierry Fischer
Jasin Hardink, piano
Stefan Dohr, horn
Keith Carrick, xylorimba
Eric Hopkins, glockenspiel
Hyperion Recording June 2022
Abravanel Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Release date: April 2023
HARAWI
Marie Kobayasi, mezzo-soprano
Fuminori Tanada, piano
Recorded 09/2022
Maguelone- MAG 358-443
The Complete Organ Works.
Recorded at the Cathedral of Toul to celebrate its 800th anniversary. The organist Pascal Vigneron is the mastermind behind a complete disc of Messiaen's organ scores recorded at the Cathedral of Toul. This project is special because it brings together students from music education institutions who have shared the different pieces.
Forlane - FOR_816897.
Visions
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich
Olivier Messiaen, George Enescu, Oliver Knussen, Harrison Birtwistle
Release Date: 23-09-2022
PTC: 5186957 Details here.
Oiseaux exotiques .
Francesco Piemontesi (piano),
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and
Jonathan Nott
Pentatone - PTC 5186949.
Details here.
O sacrum convivium
Hildegard von Bingen, Sean Shibe, Chick Corea, Daniel Kidane, Moondog, Oliver Leith, Meredith Monk, Bill Evans, Olivier Messiaen, Shiva Feshareki, Julius Eastman
Release Date: 26-08-2022
PTC: 5186988
Details here.
Harawi
Chant d’amour et de mort
Amy Moore (soprano), Antony Pitts (piano)
Hyperion Records 1EMCDA
Details here.
Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jesus .
Alfonso Gómez (piano)
Kairos - 0015081KAI.
Details here.
Quatuor pour la fin du temps
(Louange à l'éternité de Jésus)
Fabien CHOURAKI (saxophone)
Olivier DEKEISTER (organ)
Visage- FR-95U
Details here.
Trois petites Liturgies de la Présence Divine
Mädchenkantorei am Freiburg Münster
Martina van Lengerich (Director)
Motette-Psallite - MOT DCD 15025
The girls' choir at the Freiburg Minster under the direction of Martina van Lengerich present works by JS Bach, O. Messiaen, WA Mozart, F. Mendelssohn, D. Bartolucci and KA Arnesen.
Raschèr Saxophone Quartet. Alfonso Goméz (piano)
Fabienne Martin (Ondes Martenot)
More information here
Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jesus .
Pi-Hsien Chen (piano)
Aldila - DDD, 2005.
Release date: 19th February 2021
Songs for the End of Time Vol.1.
An intriguing take on Messiaen's famous Quartet made here into a quintet.
Ben Russell (violin, voice) Brandon Ridenour (tumpet, voice) Yoonah Kim (clarinet, voice) Hamilton Berry (cello, voice) Greg Chudzik (bass, voice)
Available from Bandcamp
Catalogue d'Oiseaux. László Borbély (Piano)
Messiaen often chooses 'impalpable' as a performance direction. It is no accident; in his works we enter the visible and tangible transcendent through the intangibility of the invisible. We are faced here with something which is seemingly incompatible with our existence. MRC2004 Released 05/08/2020 From My Reel Club.
see video preview here.
Turangalîla Symphonie. Tamara Stefanovich (piano) Thomas Bloch (ondes Martenot)
Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Alexander Soddy (conductor). Oehms : OC472 Release date: 18th September 2020
Poèmes pour Mi plus works by Saariaho, Dutilleux, Debussy and Delbos. Katherine Dain (soprano) and Sam Armstrong (piano)
The majority of the program on this disc is written during a period on which the particular composer was facing daring circumstances. Like these two musicians were during the production of Regards sur l’Infini. ‘Views on the eternity’, having an outlook on the relief is an ever-present element on this album. Not able to pinpoint when a certain stressful era will end provoked us. We’ve consequently tried to relieve ourselves with a severe focus on our fascination about creating music. Just what the composers on this album did. And then, when it’s brought so heroic, resonant and immensely prepared and aware this duo does, music gives real freedom to the spirit.
7 Mountain Records 7MNTN-024 (release November '20)
Quartet for the end of Time and Toru Takemitsu: Kathlein II.
Jose Luis Luis Esteresu (Clarinet) Aizol Ituriaga Goitia (violin) David Apelianis (cello) Albert Rosado (piano). IBS Classical No.IBS72020. Releas date:09 July 2020
La Nativite Du Seigneur:
Michael Frith, Organ of Brentwood Cathedral. Herald label HAVPCD414. Release date: 23rd October 2020
Divine Art Recordings is delighted to announce a new album of piano music from English pianist Roderick Chadwick. Alongside the first book from Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux are works by Karol Szymanowski and David Gorton.
Olivier Messiaen’s Catalogue d’oiseaux for solo piano evokes the sights and sounds of the French landscape, exploring time and memory across its two and a half-hour span. The diversity of Messiaen’s imagination can be heard in the progression from the sharp, solitary cries of the alpine chough to the fanfares of the golden oriole and harmonious, sapphire-blue sea along the Roussillon coast, where the headlands (in the composer’s words) ‘stretch into the sea like crocodiles’. Release date October 2020.DDA25209
A rare recording has come to light by British conductor Reginald Goodall performing L'Ascension with the Royal Opera House Orchestra Covent Garden in 1961. Full details can be found on the Pristine Classical web site here.
Preludes, La Fauvette Des Jardins, La Dame De Shalott: Haruka Miyazaki (Piano)
Release date 10 November 2019
299Music HMV Japan here
Harawi. Sarah Maria Sun (soprano), Stefka Perifanova (piano)Label: Mode Cat No: MODLP310
Format: LP Number of Discs: 2 Expected Release Date: 10th January 2020Includes 12-page book with complete lyrics plus extensive text on Harawi by Siglind Brun, including copious illustrations and musical examples. NB: there is no CD format release.
THE COMPLETE VÉGA RECORDINGS 1956-1963 BY Yvonne Loriod
Works by Mozart, Liszt, Chopin, Schumann, Aleniz, deFalla Berg, Webern, Schoenberg,
Henze, Boulez, Barraqué, Stravinsky and Messiaen.
13 CDs album. Decca UPC 00028948170692
Charles Chaynes - Piano Concerto (1967 World Premier)
Yvonne Loriod with the ORTF Chamber Orchestra
Radio broadcast, France. Kipepeo Publishing. ASIN: B06Y286DZ7
First recording of Les Fauvettes de l'Hérault - Concert des garrigues (reconstructed by Roger Muraro - see below) Harmonia Mundi - HMM905304 together with Debussy's Études as part of the Debussy Centenary Edition.
Renowned French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard kicks off his exclusive engagement to PENTATONE with a recording of Olivier Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux (1956-1958). The pianist had intimate ties to the composer himself and his wife, Yvonne Loriod, for whom Messiaen wrote the Catalogue. This is a truly pioneering and groundbreaking recording of Messiaen's masterpiece. Pierre-Laurent brings extraordinary naturalism to the music and his sonic painting takes the playing to another level of virtuosity. An incredible achievement. The luxurious CD box set contains an accompanying bonus DVD, on which Aimard shares his vast knowledge of and love for Messiaen’s work from behind the piano. PENTATONE PTC 5186 670
Jean-Rodolphe Kars performsVingt Regards sur l’Enfant Jésus. Recorded live by Dutch radio at a concert in the Kleine Zaal of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw on 30 April 1976
There have been many Messiaen pianists of note to perform and record his music during the last half-century, not least thanks to the composer’s generosity as a teacher of both the technical and spiritual aspects of his music, which go hand in hand as they do for very few others. Save for Messiaen’s second wife Yvonne Loriod, however, none of those pianists can claim so direct and profound an understanding of the composer and his music as Jean-Rodolphe Kars. This makes the present issue of a hitherto unreleased recording of the Vingt Regards all the more significant:.
Olivier Messiaen Organ Works
Willem Tanke
One can not be grateful enough for the way one of the greatest composers of the 20th century contributed to the organ tradition.
This playlist is a work in progress, i.e. it will include Messiaen's complete organ works in due time, also for educational purposes.
Visit Willem's Official site for more interesting projects on Messiaen's organ works including 'Olivier Messiaen and the Cave of Forgotten Sounds'
This project presents movements of Livre du Saint Sacrement interspersed wth responses and improvisations by Willem one of which is a tribute to Claire Delbos:
In Memoriam Claire Delbos.