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Philharmonia Orchestra Messiaen Celebrations
From 04/02/2008 at 08:00 to 23/10/2008 at 08:00
A major festival to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the composer’s birth
Both works are iconic pieces in Salonen’s own history; indeed Messiaen’s Turangalîla-symphonie was the piece that inspired him to take up music. "I was about 11 and couldn't believe there was music like that… if that's what you could produce, I thought it must be the most fascinating thing on earth."
The exploration of Messiaen’s work throughout the festival highlights the sheer range of the composer’s output from the chamber music (Quatuor pour la fin du Temps) to song cycles (Poèmes pour Mi), from works for solo piano and small ensemble (Oiseaux exotiques) to the two very gigantic but very different masterpieces: Turangalîla-symphonie and La Transfiguration de Notre-Seigneur Jésus Christ. The Philharmonia is proud to bring together an array of performers who are not only the very finest exponents of Messiaen’s music, but who knew and admired him as a friend, teacher or mentor: Pierre-Laurent Aimard, George Benjamin, Sylvain Cambreling, Roger Muraro, Cynthia Millar and Kent Nagano. The concert on 21 October brings together the music of two of his pupils – George Benjamin and Xenakis – with Messiaen’s own Chronochromie and Ligeti’s Atmosphères.
Other resources and events in the Series include recitals by the Soloists of the Philharmonia Orchestra, performing Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du Temps in Basingstoke, Southend-on-Sea and Worcester, pre-concert talks and a major web resource at www.philharmonia.co.uk/messiaen, online from February.
The Orchestra’s concerts at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall form part of Southbank Centre’s major festival, From the Canyons to the Stars: The Music of Olivier Messiaen, celebrating Messiaen’s centenary year, in collaboration with the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Royal Academy of Music and London Sinfonietta, with Westminster Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, London Oratory, St Paul’s Cathedral, Intermusica and Harrison Parrott.
Philharmonia Orchestra Messiaen Celebrations
4 February – 23 October 2008
Schedule:
-Thursday 7 February 7.30pm:
MESSIAEN Turangalîla-symphonie
Royal Festival Hall, London
Box office 0800 652 6717
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
Cynthia Millar ondes Martenot
-Sunday 10 February 7.30pm:
JOLIVET Cinq danses rituelles
MESSIAEN Oiseaux exotiques
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
Royal Festival Hall, London
-Thursday 16 October 7.30pm:
MESSIAEN La Transfiguration de Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ
Royal Festival Hall, London
-Tuesday 21 October 7.30pm
XENAKIS Pithoprakta
MESSIAEN Chronchromie
LIGETI Atmosphères
BENJAMIN Sudden Time
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
-Thursday 23 October 7.30pm
DEBUSSY Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
MESSIAEN Réveil des oiseaux
MESSIAEN Poèmes pour Mi
SCRIABIN Le poème de l’exstase
Royal Festival Hall, London
Venue:
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Road
London
SE1 8XX
Box office: +44 (0)871 663 2515
To book tickets:
Tel: 0800 652 6717 (sales & enquiries)
Fax: 020 7921 3950
Email: sales@philharmonia.co.uk
For more information: www.philharmonia.co.uk/concerts/messiaen
Event's details
- Where: SouthBank Centre
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