Events, CD & DVD Releases
Calendar
2023
4 January 2023 7.30pm Gwyneth Ann Reid, soprano, Allyson Devenish, piano perform Chant de terre et de ciel. Wigmore Hall, London, UK.
4 January 2023 7.30pm Martin Kasik, piano, Irvin Venys, clarinet, Milan Al-Ashhub, violin, Petr Nouzovsky, cello, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Rudolfinum - Dvorak Hall, Prague, Czech Rep.
6 January 2023, 8pm, 7, 8pm and 8, 2pm, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale/Michael Tilson Thomas Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano, Cynthia Millar, Ondes Martenot perform Trois Petites Liturgies de la Presence Divine. Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA.
6 January 2023 7.30pm Michael Messina, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. St Francis in the Fields, Harrods Creek, KY 40027, USA.
6 January 2023 8pm Matthew Redman, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. St John's Glastonbury, UK.
7 January 2023 12 noon La Nativite du Seigneur. The Cathedral, Copenhagen, Denmark.
7 January 2023 5pm Christof Pulsch, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Zion Church Bethel, Bielefeld, Germany.
7 January 2023 7pm Jeffrey Markinson, organ, performs La Nativite du Seigneur. Lincoln Cathedral, UK.
8 January 2023 4.30pm David Leigh, organ performs La Nativite du Seigneur. St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland.
8 January 2023 4.45pm Alexander Mason, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Lancing College, W Sussex, UK.
10 January 2023 7.30pm Maya Boog, soprano, Fabio Di Casola, clarinet, Sebastian Bohren, violin, Wen-Sinn Yang, cello, Werner Bartschi, piano perform Chants de Terre et de Ciel; Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland.
10 January 2023 6.30pm The piano class of Prof. Florian Holscher perform Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus. HfMDK, Great Hall, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
10 January 2023 3,30pm Nicole Vitale, clarinet, Itam Simon Gutierrez Nunez, violin, Federico Pellaschiar, cello, Maria Iaiza, piano, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Florentinesaal des Palais Meron, Graz, Austria.
11 January 2023 8pm Steffen Schleiermacher, piano performs La chouette hulotte; L'Aloulette lulu (Catalogue d'oiseaux), Canteyodjaya. Mendelssohn-Saal, Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany.
13 January 2023 8.15pm Nationaal Jeugd Orkest/Antony Hermus perform Les Offrandes oubliees. Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands.
14 January 2023 3pm Matthew Larkin, organ La Nativite du Seigneur. St James United Church, Montreal, QC, Canada.
14 January 2023 6pm James Thomas, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Bridlington Priory Church, East Yorkshire, UK.
14 January 2023 7pm Tomeau Moll-Mas, piano, Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jesus. Teatro Principal, Inca, Majorca.
15 January 2023 6.15 pm Alexander Binns, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Derby Cathedral, Derby, UK.
16 January 2023 7.30pm (Public dress rehearsal at 9.30am), Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra/Sylvain Cambreling perform L'Ascension. Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Rep.
15 January 2023 time and venue tba. Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano performs Vingt Regards sur l'enfant-Jesus Internationale Messiaen-Tage, Gorlitz, Poland.
17 January 2023 8pm Scott St John, violin, Angela Park, piano, Kevin Weiss, clarinet, Ethan Allers, cello perform Quartet for the End of Time. von Kuster Hall, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
17 January 2023 8.00pm Nationaal Jeugd Orkest/Antony Hermus perform Les Offrandes oubliees. Amare, Den Haag, Netherlands.
17 - 18 January 2023 7.30pm Hochschulorchester/Florian Erdl Sangwon Kim, piano, La Ville d'en Haut. Hochschule fur Musik und Theater, Katharinensaal, Rostock, Germany.
18 January 2023 8.15pm National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands/Antony Hermus perform Les Offrandes oubliees. Grote Zaal, de Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
19 January 2023 8pm Orchestre National de France/Christian Macelaru Cedric Tiberghien, piano, Cynthia Millar, ondes Martenot perform Turangalila Symphonie Auditorium Radio France, Paris and January 20th, 2023 (time tba), Theatre, Caen, France.
19 January 2023 8.15pm Nationaal Jeugd Orkest/Antony Hermus perform Les Offrandes oubliees. De Vereeniging, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
20 January 2023 8.00pm Nationaal Jeugd Orkest/Antony Hermus perform Les Offrandes oubliees. Theater Orpheus, Apeldoorn Netherlands.
20 January 2023 8pm Pascal Moragues, clarinet, Michael Barenboim, violin, Astrig Siranossion, cello, Olga Zado, piano. Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Rosengarten, Mannheim, Germany
24 January 2023 8pm Sinfonica De Tenerife/Mario Marzo perform L'Ascension. Canary Islands Music Festival, Auditorio Tenerife and January 25th, 8pm Gran Canaria, Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Canary Islands.
24 January 2023 7pm John Lenehan, piano, Sacha Rattle, clarinet, John Mills, violin, Tim Lowe, cello, Quartet for the End of Time. York Minster, York, UK
26-27-28 January 2023, 7.30pm San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and SFS Chorus/Michael Tilson Thomas Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano, Cynthia Millar, Ondes Martenot , Trois Petites Liturgies de la Presence Divine. Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, USA.
26 January 2023 6:30pm Bridget Haile, soprano, James Danner, tenor, Emilie-Anne Gendron, violin, and Matthew Odell, piano perform La mort du nombre, Poemes pour Mi, Louange a l'Immortalite de Jesus, Le Loriot, La Chouette hulotte, and L'Alouette lulu. David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center at Pocantico, Tarrytown, NY, USA.
26 January 2023 7pm William Dorc, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Ampleforth Abbey, UK.
27 January 2023 8.30pm Paolo Casiraghi, clarinet, Lorenzo Gentili-Tedeschi, violin, Giorgio Casati, cello, Luca leracitano, piano perform Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Aula Magna of the University of Milan, Italy.
27 January 2023 7.30pm Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich, pianos perform Visions de l'Amen. Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, Germany.
27 January 2023 7pm Ensemble of the Adalbert-Stifter-Gymnasium - Leonhard Gaigg, clarinet, Klara Brunnhofer, violin, Feline Gropler, cello, Stephen Deinhammer, piano, Quartet for the End of Time. St Barbara Cemetery, large farewell hall, Linz, Austria.
27 January 2023 1.15pm Mark Brafield, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. St Bride's Fleet Street, London UK.
27 January 2023 7.30pm Robert Plane, clarinet, Bartosz Woroch, violin, Matthijs Broersma, cello, Mei Yi Foo, piano, Quartet for the End of Time. Cedars Hall, Wells Cathedral School. UK
28 January 2023 5pm BBC Symphony Orchestra/Dalia Stasevska, perform Les Offrandes oubliees. Barbican Hall, London, UK.
1 February 2023 6pm Oksana Rapita and Myroslav Dragan, pianos, perform Visions de l'Amen. Lyudkevych Concert Hall, Lviv, Ukraine.
2 February 2023 1pm Lesley Schatzberger, clarinet, Jacob George, violin, Nicola Tait Baxter, cello, Paul Nicholson, piano, Quartet for the End of Time. The Assembly House, Norwich, UK.
2 February 2023 6.15pm Roger Sayer, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Temple Church, London, UK.
2 February 2023 7pm Christopher Stokes, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Manchester Cathedral, UK
2 February 2023 6pm Matthew Owens, organ, Ali Darragh, narrator, La Nativite du Seigneur. St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast. N. Ireland.
4 February 2023 6pm Alfonso Gomez, piano, Catalogue d'oiseaux. Festival Bernaola, Jesus Guridi Musika Kontserbatorioa, Spain.
6 February 2023 8pm Alfonso Gomez, piano, performs Catalogue d'oiseaux. Contemporary Music Festival of La Rioja, Eliseo Pinedo Professional Conservatory of Music, La Rioja, Spain.
10 - 11 February 2023 8pm Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra/Jaap van Zweden Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano, Cynthia Millar, ondes Martenot. Turangalila Symphonie. Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall, Hong Kong.
10 February 2023 7.30pm Williams Chamber Players, Quartet for the End of Time. Chapin Hall, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, USA.
11 February 2023 8pm Ensemble 20/21 perform Oiseaux exotiques. Curtis Institute of Music Gould Rehearsal Hall, Philadelphia, USA.
12 February 2023 BBC National Chorus of Wales, Conductor Ludovic Morlot perform O Sacrum Convivium. St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales. UK
14 February 2023 8pm Bertrand Chamayou, piano performs Canteyodjaya. Kammermusiksaal, Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany.
18 February 2023 (8pm), 19 (12 noon), Orquesta Filarmonica de la UNAM/Sylvain Gusancon Duane Cochran, piano, Nathalie Forget, ondes Martenot, Turangalila Symphonie. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico: Sala Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico City.
24 February 2023 8pm Jacques Tchamkerten, organ, performs La Nativite du Seigneur. Temple de Genthod, Route de Rennex 1, Genthod, Switzerland. .
25 February 2023 7pm Momo Kodama, piano performs Vingt Regards sur l'enfant-Jesus. Blaibach Concert Hall, Blaibach, Germany.
25 February 2023 7pm Chip Phillips, clarinet, Kurt Nikkanen, violin, Zuill Bailey, cello, Maria Asteriadou, piano, Quartet for the End of Time. Northwest BachFest, Barrister Winery, Spokane, WA. USA.
26 February 2023 3pm Ensemble Chamarre perform Quartet for the End of Time. Cathedral of St. Luke's, Portland, ME, USA
26 February 2023 4pm Hans-Ola Ericsson, organ, performs Livre du Saint-Sacrament. Uppsala Cathedral, Sweden.
26 February 2023 11am Yves Balmer, Jean Boivin, Sylvain Caron, Conference: Golgotha, Messiaen et Boudreau. SMCQ Salon orange - Centre Pierre-Peladeau, Quebec, Canada.
27 February 2023 7:30PM Ensemble Chamarre with lecture by Dr. Andrew Shenton and homily by Dr. Sean McDonough. Quartet for the End of Time. at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, Hamilton, MA, USA.
27 February 2023 7.30pm Rachel Lee Priday, violin. Benjamin Lulich, clarinet, Sarah Rommel, cello, Craig Sheppard, piano, Quartet for the End of Time. Meany Hall-Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater, School of Music, Washington, Seattle.
27 February 2023 7.30pm Dr Andre Shenton, lecture, Ensemble Chamarre, For the End of Time: Messiaen Quartet Concert & Lecture. Arts at the Armory, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary-Kaiser Chapel, Hamilton, MA, USA.
28 February 2023 7.30pm Lincoln Trio and Bharata Chandra, clarinet perform Quartet for the End of Time. Historic Asolo Theater, Saratoga, USA.
28 February 2023 1pm Kaleidescope Chamber Collective perform La mort du nombre. Royal Academy of Music, Angela Burgess Recital Hall, London, UK.
2 March 2023 and 3 (8pm), 4 (7pm), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Paavo Jarvi perform Les Offrandes oubliees. Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany.
2 March 2023 7pm I Musici de Montreal, Ensemble de la SMCQ, Choeur de voix de femme/Jean-Francois Rivest, choir conductor Louise Bessette, piano, Estelle Lemire, ondes Martenot. Vingt Regards sur l'enfant-Jesus (4 excerpts); Trois Petites Liturgies de la Presence Divine. Montreal/New Music Festival Salle-Pierre-Mercure Centre Pierre-Peladeau, Montreal, Canada.
2 March 2023 7pm The Waldstein Trio & Benjamin Mason, clarinet, Quartet for the End of Time. The Hellenic Centre, London, UK.
4 March 2023 7.30pm Poppy Beddoe, clarinet, Henry Chandler, violin, Tim Lowe, cello, Jeremy Thurlow, piano, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Clare Hall, Cambridge. UK.
5 March 2023 4pm London Symphony Orchestra/Barbara Hannigan, L'Ascension. Konzerthaus, Dortmund, Germany.
5 March 2023 3pm Christopher Stokes, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Manchester Cathedral, UK.
6 March 2023 (time tba), London Symphony Orchestra/Barbara Hannigan perform L'Ascension. De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
6 -7 March 2023 7.30pm Anhaltische Philharmonie/Markus L Frank, perform Les Offrandes oubliees. Grosses Haus, Anhaltisches Theater, Dessau, Germany.
7 March 2023 6pm Max Becker, clarinet, Toke Hansenius, violin, Lavinia Scarpelli, cello, Lasse Loft Jensen, piano, Quartet for the End of Time. Nathan Milstein Hall, Stockholm, Sweden.
9 March 2023 8pm London Symphony Orchestra/Barbara Hannigan perform L'Ascension. Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany.
10 March 2023 8pm London Symphony Orchestra/Barbara Hannigan. L'Ascension. Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium.
12 March 2023 7pm London Symphony Orchestra/Barbara Hannigan perform L'Ascension. Barbican Hall, London, UK.
12 March 2023 7pm David Vogels, organ, Livre du Saint Sacrament. March 11th, 2023 9.30am Lecture-demo by David VogelsAugustano Lutheran Church, Denver.USA.
12 March 2023 4pm Mark Steinbach, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Sayles Hall, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
13 March 2023 7pm London Symphony Orchestra/Barbara Hannigan, L'Ascension. Bath Forum, Bath, UK.
13 March 2023 8.30pm Orchestre du Conservatoire, dir. Léo Warynski, Imsu Choi, Ondes Martenot, pianist tba. perform Trois Petites Liturgies de la Présence Divine. Église Saint Eustache - Paris, France.
14 March 2023 8pm Michel Bienaime, clarinet, Jacques Saint-Yves, violin, Marc-Didier Thirault, cello, Jean-Louis Delahaut, pianoAuditorium Jacques Murgier, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Le Conservatoire a Rayonnement Regional CRR, Reims, France.
15 - 16 March 2023 7.30pm Vienna Symphony Orchestra/Lorenzo Viotti perform Les Offrandes oubliees. Musikverein, Vienna, Austria.
16 - 17 March 2023 8pm SWR Symphonieorchester/Brad Lubman Francois-Frederic Guy, piano, Thomas Bloch, ondes Martenot perform Turangalila Symphonie Stuttgart, Liederhalle, 17 March 7pm Konzerthaus, Freiburg, Germany.
16 March 2023 7.30pm Haewon Song & Robert Shannon, pianos, Visions de l'Amen. Oberlin College, Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin, OH. USA.
17 -18 March 2023 (8pm), 19th (2PM) New York Philharmonic/Jaap van Zweden Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano, Cynthia Millar, ondes Martenot., Turangalila Symphonie. David Geffen Hall, New York, USA.
17 March 2023 8pm Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/Myung-Whun Chung perform L'Ascension. Auditorium Radio France, Paris.
19 March 2023 2pm Roberto Spano, piano and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Musicians perform Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
19 March 2023 5pm H. Malnoury, N. Millet, B. Odin, N.Nageotte perform Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Parish of Our Lady of Lights, Chalon, France.
19 March 2023 11am Sonja Korkeala, violin, Clemens Weigel, cello, Markus Bellheim.piano, clarinet tba, Quartet for the End of Time. All Saints Court Church, Munich, Germany.
19 March 2023 5pm Helene Malnoury, piano, Nina Millet, violin, Nicolas Nageotte, clarinet, Blandine Odin, cello. Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Paroisse notre Dame de Lumiere, Chalon-sur-Saone, France.
23 - 24 - 25 - 30 - 31 March - 1 April 2023, 9pm Musicians de la troupe de Musique de Chambre, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Salle Cortot, Paris, France.
23 March 2023 7pm Tijmen Huisingh, violin, Ross Montgomery, clarinet, Johan van Lersel, cello, Julia Lynch, piano, Quartet for the End of Time. Palazzo Corsino al Prato - Fondazione Mascarade Opera, Florencia, Italy.
25 March 2023 8pm Deutsches Sinfonieorchester Berlin/Robin Ticciati perform Le Tombeau resplendissant. Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany.
25 March 2023 3pm Hans-Ola Ericsson, organ performs Livre du Saint-Sacrament. St Jakobs Kryka, Stockholm, Sweden.
26 March 2023 2pm Jacqueline Chew and Michael Seth Orland, pianos perform Visions de l'Amen. Sol Joseph Recital Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, USA.
27 March 2023 7.30pm Rachel Lee Priday, violin, Benjamin Lulich, clarinet, Sarah Rommel, cello, Craig Sheppard, piano perform Quartet for the End of Time. School of Music, University of Washington, Meany Hall-Katharyn Alvord Theater, Washington, USA.
28 March 2023 7.30pm Anna Ovsyanikova, violin, Thomas Ang, piano perform Fantaisie. St Mary Le Strand Church, London, UK.
29 March 2023 & 30 8pm Orchestre National de Lille/James Feddeck, L'Ascension. Auditorium du Nouveau Siecle, Lille, France.
29 March 2023 7.30pm Sir Simon Rattle, piano, Sacha Rattle, clarinet, Guy Braunstein, violin, Zvi Plessner, cello perform Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, Germany.
30 March 2023 8pm Orchestre National de France/Christain Macelaru perform Le Tombeau resplendissant. Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France.
30 March 2023 7.30pm Orquesta de Valencia/Sylvain Cambreling Carlos Apellaniz, piano, Nathalie Forget, ondes Martenot perform Turangalila Symphonie. Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia: Sala Principal, Valencia, Spain.
30 March 2023 10.30am -7pm JOURNÉE YVONNE LORIOD. A study day and concert. Full details here. Soprano: Margaux Poguet, Hannah Dienes-Williams, Piano: Robin Le Bervet, Greg May, Ondes Martenot: Kevin Plante perform Harawi: Chants d’amour et de mort (1945) and Yvonne Loriod: Grains de cendre (1946) (with a pre-concert talk by Peter Asimov at 6.15pm) in the Salon Vinteuil (-1) of the Conservatoire de Paris, 209 Avenue Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris, France. * See article by Peter Asimov here.
31 March 2023(6pm), April 1st (3pm), Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Barbara Hannigan perform L'Ascension. Goteborgs Konserthus, Germany.
31 March 2023 (8pm), April 2nd (4pm) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano/Maxime Pascal Luca Buratto, piano, Cécile Lartigau, Ondes Martenot perform Turangalila Symphonie. Auditoriumdi Milano Fondazione CariploLargo Gustav Mahler, Milan, Italy.
31 March 2023 8.30pm Orchestre National de France/ChristianMacelaru, Le Tombeau resplendissant. Theatre Imperial, Compiegne, France.
1 April 2023 16:00 Soprano: Margaux Poguet, Hannah Dienes-Williams, Piano: Robin Le Bervet, Greg May, Ondes Martenot: Kevin Plante perform Harawi: Chants d’amour et de mort (1945) and Yvonne Loriod: Grains de cendre (1946) [U.K. premiere]. Pre-concert talk with Peter Asimov, Christopher Murray, and Jeremy Thurlow will take place at 3pm, Auditorium Lounge, Robinson College. Free admission but here is a link to register. Concert in College Chapel, Robinson College, Cambridge CB3 9AN UK. * See article by Peter Asimov here.
1 April 2023 7.30pm New World Symphony & Ensemble Intercontemporain/Matthias Pintscher Dimitri Vassilakis, piano, Jean-Christophe Vervoitte, horn perform Des Canyons aux etoiles...New World Center, Miami, USA.
2 April 2023 3pm Claflin Hill Symphony Chamber Players - Li-Mei Liang, violin, Paul Surapine, clarinet, Darry Dolezal, cello, Tom Hojnacki, piano. Quartet for the End of Time. Melrose Unitarian Universalist Church, Melrose, MA, USA.
3 April 2023 6.45pm Maks Adach, organ performs Les Corps Glorieux. St Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York, USA.
3 April 2023 7pm Thomas Mayer, clarinet, Christof Boerner, violin, Hyewon Lee-Scholl, cello, Paulo Alveres, piano, Marc Jaquet, organ. Quatuor pour la fin du temps; Diptyque. Lutherkirche, Bonn, Germany.
6 April 2023 2pm BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Ludovic Morlot, Hymne. BBC Philharmonic Studio, Salford, UK.
7 April 2023 9pm Eugenia Ottaviano, violin, Blake Weston, clarinet, Nenad Lecic, piano, Sylvia Demgenski, cello, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. St Wendelinus, Hainstadt, Germany.
8 April 2023 8pm Orchestre de l'opera national de Paris/Gustavo Dudamel. Un Sourire. Philharmonie de Paris, France.
8 April 2023 8.15pm Het Collectief perform Quatuor pour la fin du temps.Stadsgehoorzaal, Leiden, Netherlands.
8 April 2023 5pm Sabine Matthus-Bebie, clarinet, Theodor Flindell, violin, Frank-Immo Zichner, piano (cellist tba), Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Temnitzkirche, Netzeband, NL
13 April 2023 7.30pm, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ryan Wigglesworth, Ashley Riches, baritone and Nicky Spence, tenor perform The Sermon to the Birds: Act II, Tableau 6 from Saint Francois d'Assise. City Halls, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
14 -15 April 2023 (7pm), 16 (11am) Barcelona Symphony Orchestra/Ludovic Morlot perform L'Ascension. L'Auditori Hall, Barcelona, Spain.
14 April 2023 7.30pm Orchestre Opera National de Paris/Gustavo Dudamel perform Un Sourire. Musikverein, Vienna, Austria.
Cancelled
14 - 15 April 2023 (8pm), 16, 3pm The Tragedies of Space Travel An Immersive concert and theatrical experience built around Quartet for the End of Time. Peter Dayeh, clarinet, Peter Ko, cello, Batya Macadam-Somer, violin, Brendan Nguyen, piano. Bread & Salt, San Diego, USA.
16 April 2023 3pm BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ryan Wigglesworth, Ashley Riches, baritone and Nicky Spence, tenor perform The Sermon to the Birds: Act II, Tableau 6 from Saint Francois d'Assise. Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland.
16 April 2023 7pm Symphonikerhamburg/Sylvain Cambreling perform L'Ascension. Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany.
16 April 2023 7.30pm Efi Hackmey and Adrienne Kim, pianos perform Visions de l'Amen. St Mark's Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, USA.
17 April 2023 9pm Alessandro La Ciacera, organ performs Le banquet celeste; L'Ascension; La Nativite du Seigneur; Apparition de l'Eglise eternelle. Auditorium San Fedele, Milan, Italy.
20 April 2023 1.05 Ben Tarlton, cello, Robin Green, piano, ‘Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus’ from Quartet for the End of Time. St. John's Smith Square, London, UK.
21 April 2023 7.30pm Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra/Zhang Liang Sun Yingdi, piano, Takashi Harada, ondes Martenot perform Turangalila Symphonie (China premiere). Shanghai Symphony Hall, Shanghai, China.
21 April 2023 7.30pm Interlochen Arts Academy Wind Symphony/Matthew Schlomer T J Lymenstall. piano, Oiseaux exotiques. Corson Auditorium, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen MI, USA.
22 April 2023 7.30pm Orchestre de l'Opera national de Paris/Gustavo Dudamel perform Un sourire. Barbican Hall, London, UK. Cancelled
27 April 2023 8pm Chorus and Orchestra Gulbenkian/Myung-Whun Chung Roger Muraro, piano, Sonia Pais, flute, Iva Barbosa, clarinet, Varoujan Bartikian, cello, Marco Fernandes, vibraphone, Nuno Simoes, marimba, Bruno Costa, xylophone perform La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ. Grande Auditorio, Lisbon, Portugal.
28 April 2023 7pm Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii w Szczecine/Rune Bergmann, L'Ascension. Philharmonie, Szczecin, Poland.
29 April 2023 7pm Hochschule fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Maim/Vassilis Christopoulos. Les Offrandes oubliees. Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany.
29 April 2023 7.30pm Landesjugendsinfonieorchester Hessen/Nicholas Pasquet. Les Offrandes oubliees. Satadthalle, Kelkheim (Taunus), Germany.
30 April 2023 8pm Helene Mercier, piano, Renaud Capacon, violin, Kian Soltani, cello, Pascal Moragues, clarinet. Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Palazzo Farnese, Rome, Italy.
2 May 2023 8.15pm Klavierduo Grau Schumacher perform Visions de l'Amen. Festsaal Neue Aula, Tubingen, Germany.
4 May 2023 (8pm) and 5 (7,30pm), Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Gustavo Gimeno Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano, Nathalie Forget, ondes Martenot. Turangalila Symphonie. Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada.
4 May 2023 8pm Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra/Kazushi Ono Jan Michaels, piano, Cynthia Millar, ondes Martenot perform Turangalila Symphonie. Bozar, Brussels, Belgium.
4 May 2023 8pm Katharine Dain, soprano, Sam Armstrong, piano perform Poemes pour Mi. Concertgebouw, Brugges, Belgium.
5 May 2023 2.30pm Get to know Olivier Messiaen and his musical language. Maarten Beirenss, lecturer. Kammermuziekzall, Concertgebouw, Brugges, Belgium.
5 May 2023 8pm Brussels Philharmonic/Kazushi Ono Jan Michiels, piano, Cynthia Millar, ondes Martenot perform Turangalila Symphonie. Concertgebouw, Brugges, Belgium.
5 May 2023 8pm American Modern Opera Company, Julia Bullock, soprano, Conor Hanick, piano, Harawi. Theatre studio, Antwerp, Belgium.
5 May 2023 5pm, 7pm, 8.30pm Laszlo Borbely, piano performs Catalogue d'oiseaux. Concert Hall, House of Music, Budapest. Hungary.
6 May 2023 8pm Brussels Philharmonic/Kazushi Ono Jan Michiels, piano, Cynthia Millar, ondes Martenot perform Turangalila Symphonie. Blue Hall, de Singel, Antwerp, Belgium.
7 May 2023 7pm American Modern Opera Company, Julia Bullock, soprano, Conor Hanick, piano, Harawi. Leverkusen Erholungshaus, Leverkusen, Germany.
7 May 2023 2pm Ming-Huan Xu, violin, Nick Photinos, cello, Winston Choi, piano, John Bruce Yeh, clarinet. Quartet for the End of Time. Bethany United Church of Christ, Chicago, USA.
7 May 2023 6pm Trio Chausson & Joe Christophe, clarinet, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Neues Schloss, Rittersaal, Tettnung, Germany.
7 May 2023 19.00. Concert as part of the Festival "Music of the Invisible"St. Eberhard concert. Girls Choir St. Eberhard, Domkapelle St. Eberhard,Stuttgart State Orchestra, Percussion Ensemble of the Musikhochschule, Peter Schleicher, Organ, Thomas Bloch, Ondes Martenot, Direction: Lydia Schimmer. TROIS PETITES LITURGIES DE LA PRESENCE DIVINE. Domkirche St. Eberhard, Königstr. 7, Stuttgart, Germany.
8 May 2023, 7.30pm Magdalene Kozena, mezzo-soprano, Mitsuko Uchida, piano perform Poemes pour Mi. Grand Hall, Liszt Academy Concert Centre, Budapest, Hungary.
10 May 2023 8pm Magdalena Zozena, soprano, Mitsuko Uchida, piano perform Poemes pour Mi. Blauwe Zaal, de Singel, Antwerp.
10 May 2023 7.30pm American Modern Opera Company, Julia Bullock, soprano, Conier Hanick, piano perform Harawi. Internationales Musikfest Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie Kleiner Hall, Hamburg, Germany.
12 May 2023 8pm Magdalena Kozena, mezzo soprano, Mitsuko Uchida, piano perform Poemes pour Mi. Konzerthaus, Dortmund, Germany.
13 May 2023 6pm Arisa Ishibashi, organ, L'Ascension. Philipp-Melanchton-Kirche, Berlin, Germany.
14 May 2023 4pm The Orchestra Now/Zachary Schwartzman soprano tba perform Poemes pour Mi. Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, Symphony Space, New York City, USA.
14 May 2023 8pm Magdalene Kozena, mezzo soprano, Mitsuko Uchida, piano perform Poemes pour Mi. Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Rep.
16 May 2023 7.30pm Members of the PKF - Prague Philharmonia and their guests, Quartet for the End of Time. NoD, Prague, Czech Republic.
18 May 2023 1.30pm Paul Provost, organ, L'Ascension. Southwell Minster, UK.
19 -20 - 23 May 2023 7.30pm Utah Symphony Orchestra/Thierry Fischer Jason Hardink, piano, Augustin Viard, ondes Martenot perform Turangalila Symphonie. Abravenal Hall, Utah, USA.
19 May 2023 7pm Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Nicholas Collon perform L'Ascension. Helsinki Music Centre, Finland.
19 May 2023 7.30pm Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra/Zhang Liang Gu Jieting, piano perform Les Offrandes oubliees; Le Tombeau Resplendissant; La Ville d'en-haut (China premieres). Shanghai Symphony Hall, Shanghai, China.
20 May 2023 7.30pm Pre-College Orchestra/David Robertson, Les Offrandes oubliees. Peter Jay Sharp Theater, The Juilliard School, New York, USA.
21 May 2023 7pm Tobias Wittmann, organ performs L'Ascension. St Fidelis, Stuttgart, Germany.
25 May 2023 & 26(8pm), 27 (7pm), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Simone Young Cedric Tiberghien, piano, Cynthia Millar, ondes Martenot perform Turangalila Symphonie. Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany.
26 May 2023 4pm Fabrizio Guidi and Jonas Apeland, organ. L'Ascension. Eglise Saint-Antoine des Quinze-Vingts, Paris, France.
27 May 2023 4pm Matthew Owens, organ, Messe de la Pentecote. St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast, Nth Ireland.
28 May 2023 7pm Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet, Sitkovetsky Trio perform Quatuor pour la fin du temps. L'Auditori Hall 2, Barcelona, Spain.
28 May 2023 5pm Tom Bell, organ performs Messe de la Pentecote. Blackburn Cathedral. UK.
28 May 2023 10.30am Christian-Markus Raiser, organ, Eliza Borsuk, dance. Messe de la Pentecote. Evangelical City Church of Karlsruhe, Germany.
7 June 7.30pm Mecklenburgisches Staatskapelle/Joseph Bastion perform L'Ascension. Grosses Haus, Mecklenburg, Germany.
14 - 15 June 2023, 7pm London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle Peter Donohoe, piano Cynthia Millar, ondes Martenot perform Turangalila Symphonie. Barbican Hall, London, UK.
11- 22 - 25 June 2023 July 2nd & 9th (time not given) Staatsorchester Stuttgart and Mitglieder des Staatsopernchores/Titus Engel Cast includes Michael Mayes (Saint Francis), Beate Ritter (Angel), Moritz Kallenberg (The leper) perform Saint Francois d'Assise. Stuttgart Opera, Opera House and Urban Space, Stuttgart, Germany.
17 June 2023 7.30pm Royal College of Music String Showcase, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Wigmore Hall, London, UK.
21 June 2023 7pm Alfonso Gomez, piano performs Catalogue d'oiseaux. Kammermusiksaal, Staatliche Hochschule fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Stuttgart, Germany.
27 June 2023 7pm Alfonso Gomez, piano performs Catalogue d'oiseaux. Hochschule fur Musik, Wolfgang-Hoffmann-Saal, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
20 June 2023 7.30pm Bergische Symphoniker/Daniel Huppert. Les Offrandes oubliees. Theater und Konzerthaus, Solingen, Germany.
22 June 2023 6.30pm Alice Sara Ott, piano, Thomas Reif, violin, Sebastian Klinger, cello, Sebastian Manz, clarinet perform Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Purcell Room, London. UK.
20 July 2023 6.30pm SWR Symphonieorchester/Ingo Metzmacher, Eclairs sur l'Au-dela...Salzburg Festival Felsenreitschule, Austria.
29 July 2023 8pm Boston Symphony Orchestra/Dima Slobodeniouk, Les Offrandes oubliees. Tanglewood, Seiji Ozawa Hall. Lenox, MA, USA.
31 August 2023 8.00pm LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Sir SIMON RATTLE conductor PETER DONOHOE piano CYNTHIA MILLAR ondes Martenont, perfrom Turangalîla Symphonie. Grand Palace Hall, Bucharest, Romania.
20 September 2023 4.30pm LE BALCON ORCHESTRA OF THE ROMANIAN NATIONAL OPERA MAXIME PASCAL conductor CHOIR OF THE ROMANIAN NATIONAL OPERA DANIEL JINGA conductor of the choir CHOIR OF THE GEORGE ENESCU PHILHARMONIC IOSIF ION PRUNNER conductor of the choir ROMANIAN RADIO ACADEMIC CHOIR CIPRIAN ȚUȚU conductor of the choir NIETO video design. TBA Saint François (baritone) ELENA TSALLAGOVA L’Ange (soprano) DAMIEN BIGOURDAN Le Lépreux (tenor) TÓMAS TÓMASSON Frère Léon (baritone) SAFIR BEHLOUL Frère Massée (tenor) RODOLPHE BRIAND Frère Elie (tenor) ANDRIY GNATIUK Frère Bernard (bass). ST. FRANÇOIS D'ASSISE. Grand Palace Hall, Bucharest, Romania.
20 September 2023 6pm Magdalene Kozena, mezzo soprano, Ohad Ben-Ari, piano, Poemes pour Mi. Bozar, Brussels, Belgium.
11- 12 - 14 October 2023 8pm Filarmonica della Scala/Zubin Mehta, Yuja Wang, piano. Cecile Lartigau, Ondes Martenot perform Turangalila Symphonie. Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy.
19 October 2023 7.30pm Barry Jordan, organ performs Livre du Saint-Sacrament. Magdeburg Cathedral, Germany.
27 October 2023 7.30pm BBC Symphony Orchestra/David Afkham, Les Offrandes oubliees. Barbican Hall, London, UK.
5 December 2023 8pm Pablo Barragan, clarinet, Sitkovetsky Trio, perform Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Kolner Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany.
10 December 2023 Tom Winpenny, organ performs La Nativite du Seigneur. St Albans Cathedral, UK.
2024
6 January 2024 7pm Jeffrey Markinson, organ performs La Nativite du Seigneur. Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, UK.
18 January 2024 8pm Baltimore Symphony Orchestra/Jun Markl, Le Tombeau resplendissant. Music Center at Strathmore; January 20th, 8pm Joseph Mayerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore; January 21st, 3pm Joseph Mayerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore. USA.
1 - 2 March 2024 8pm Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/Matthias Pintscher Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano, Hicham Berrada, video art, Des Canyons aux etoiles... Music Hall, Cincinnati, USA.
2 June 2024 - 6 & 9, 5pm Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Audi Jugendchor akademie LauschWerk/ Kent Nagano
Anna Prohaska L'Ange, Johannes Martin Kranzle Saint Francois, Ioan Hotea Le Lepreux, Kartal Karagedik Frere Leon, Davlet Nurgeldiyev Frere Elie, Alexander Roslavets Frere Bernard, Saint Francois d'Assise (staged). Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany.
CD Releases
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
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
Huit Préludes, Ile de Feu I&II, Fantasie Burlesque. Chiara Cipelli, piano. Release date: 10th February 2020. Piano Classics
ASIN: B08328QJ25.
La Nativité du Seigneur is played by Krakow-born organist Arcadius Biarich. DUX records. DUX1557
DEBUSSY - Étude retrouvée • Les Soirs illuminés par l’ardeur du charbon. MESSIAEN -Morceau de lecture à vue • Des canyons aux étoiles… (excerpts) • La Fauvette passerinette. BOULEZ -Prélude, Toccata et Scherzo • 12 Notations • Une page d’éphéméride. RAVEL - Menuet in C sharp minor. Release date: 05 May 2020. NAXOS 8.573894.
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.
Saint Francois d'assise: Sylvain Cambreling / Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, E. Barath, Le Texier, Bronder, P.Addis, etc (2017 Stereo) (4 CD). Here.
Messiaen: Couleurs de la Cité Céleste. Bruckner: Symphony No.8
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle.
The London Symphony Orchestra's Couleurs de la Cité Céleste (with Aimard as soloist)
was recorded live at the Barbican in April 2016 and is released on the orchestra's own label.
Available Format: DVD Video + Blu-ray
South African pianist Benjamin Fourie performs Messiaen's Huit Préludes alongside compositions by fellow South African composers Étienne van Rensburg and (British born) Malcolm Dedman. Benjamin Fourie performed the South African premiere of Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jesus and it is with great regret that Benjamin passed away soon after the release of this CD. Enquiries and purchase: bsf.musique@mweb.co.za
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.