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Calendar
2025
3 January 2025 1pm Charles Wooler, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Emmanuel Church, Wylde Green, Sutton Coldfield, UK.
4 January 2025 7pm Jeffrey Markinson, organ La Nativite du Seigneur, Lincoln Cathedral, UK.
5 January 2025 5pm Christof Pulsch, organ La Nativite du Seigneur. Zionskirche Bethel, Bielefeld, Germany.
5 January 2025 6pm Students from Prof Henry Fair's organ class, La Nativite du Seigneur. Pauluskirche Zehlendorf, Berlin, Germany.
6 January 2025 7.30pm Martyn Rales. organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Lichfield Cathedral, UK.
6 January 2025 7pm Tobias Wittmann, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. St Fidelis, Stuttgart, Germany.
8 January 2025 8.15pm Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy, pianos, Visions de l'Amen. Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
8 January 2025 6.30pm Martin Ford, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. The Guard's Chapel, London, UK
10 January 2025 time tba. William Campbell, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Leeds International Organ Festival, Leeds Cathedral, UK.
12 January 2025 11am and 13 January 8pm Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg/Kent Nagano Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano, Couleurs de la cite celeste. Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany.
12 January 2025 5pm Radio Filharmonisch Orkest/Karina Canellakis, Les Offrandes oubliees. Konzerthaus Dortmund, Germany.
12 January 2025 6pm Students of the Ogan class of Prof Hetmut Deutsch, La Nativite du Seigneur. St Gebbard, Konstanz, Germany.
13 January 2025 1pm David Pipe, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Huddersfield Town Hall, Huddersfield, UK.
14 January 2025 4.30pm Simon Hogan, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Southwark Cathedral, London, UK.
15 January 2025 5.30pm Alexandra Grochowski will give a guided tour of Stalag VIII A. Then at 7.30pm Quartet for the End of Time will be performed on the anniversary and site of its premiere at the Stalag VIII A Görlitz memorial. Federico Kasik, violin, Nicolas Defranoux, cello, Robert Oberaigner, clarinet, Michał Francuz, piano. European Centre for Remembrance, Education, Culture – Stalag VIII A Memorial Görlitz, Germany. The festival with many stimulating events will then take place from April 25 to 27, 2025 in Görlitz and Zgorzelec. See here for more details.
15 - 16 January 2025 7pm Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Nicholas Collon Steven Osborne, piano, Cynthia Millar, ondes Martenot. Turangalila Symphonie. Helsinki Music Centre, Concert Hall, Helsinki, Finland.
16 January 2025 (8.15pm) & 19 January (2.15pm), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Simone Young, L'Ascension. Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
18 January 2025 8pm Barbara Hannigan, soprano, Bertrand Chamayou, piano, Chants de Terre et de Ciel. Cite de la Musique, Paris, France.
18 January 2025 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. FOURTH EUROPEAN MUSICAL SEASON OF THE BNF AND RADIO FRANCE. Concert - Yvonne Loriod. Florent Boffard and Roger Muraro , pianos, Three Pieces for two prepared pianos by Yvonne Loriod and extracts from Visions de l'Amen for two pianos by Olivier Messiaen.
Francois Mitterrand Large auditorium. François-Mitterrand Library, Quai François Mauriac 75706 Paris Cedex 13, France.
19 January 2025 5pm Claudia Grinnell, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK.
19 January 2025 12.15pm Colin Andrews, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. First Presbyterian Church, Franklin, IN. USA.
21 January 2025 7.30pm Gryphon Trio with James Campbell, clarinet. Quartet for the End of Time. Stude Concert Hall, Brockman Music and Performing Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
22 January 2025 5.30pm Elli Choi, violin, Esther Chae, cello, Isaac Parlin, piano, Juliyan Martinez, clarinet, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Julliard School, New York, USA.
26 January 2025 11am Hamburg Symphony Orchestra/Gergely Madras Magdalena Kozena, soprano. Poemes pour Mi. Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany.
26 January 2025 11am Jacob Herling, violin, Madeline Echternacht, clarinet, Zack Ward, cello, Vearle Winkelmolen, piano, Quartet for the End of Time. Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.
26 January 2025 4pm Matthew Odell, piano, Noel, Le baiser de l'Enfant-Jesus, Regard de l'Esprit de joie from Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus. Eglise St. Merry, Paris, France.
27 January 2025 8.45pm Klimt Quartet, Calogero Palermo, clarinet, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Teatro Communale di Vicenza, sala del ridotto, Italy.
30 January 2025 7pm William Grynszpan.violin, Armand Witold Fessard, clarinet, Benjamin Grynszpan, cello, Sylwia Orzechowska, piano, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Concert Reading: Olivier Messiaen and Primo Levi. Jewish Museum of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium.
31 January 2025 7.30pm CKW Trio, Ricardo Morales, clarinet, Quartet for the End of Time. Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, USA.
31 January 2025 8.15pm Brussels Philharmonic, Vlaams Radiokoor/Ilan Volkov, O sacrum convivium; Les Offrandes oubliees. Flagey, Studio 4, Brussels, Belgium.
31 January 2025, 9pm, February 1st, 2025, 5.30pm Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana/Jonathan Webb, Les Offrandes oubliees. Teatro Politeama, Palermo, Italy.
1 February 2025 9pm Peter Dyke, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Hereford Cathedral, UK.
1 February 2025 8pm Flemish Radio Choir Brussels Philharmonie/Ilan Volkov, O sacrum convivium; Les Offrandes oubliees. De Bijloke Muziekcentram, Ghent, Belgium.
2 February 2025 11.00 Raphaëlle Moreau Violin, Raphaël Sévère Clarinet, Edgar Moreau Cello, David Kadouch Piano, Quartet for the End of Time. Théâtre des Champs-Élysées15 avenue Montaigne, Paris, Île-de-France, 75008, France.
2 February 2025 3pm Robert Chen, violin, John Sharp, cello, Stephen Williamson, clarinet, Umi Garrett, piano, Quartet for the End of Time. Mandel Hall at University of Chicago, USA.
2 February 2025 4.30pm Students of the Organ class of Prof Dr Martin Sander, La Nativite du Seigneur. Maria Schutz, Munich, Germany.
2 February 2025 6.45pm Christopher Stokes, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Manchester Cathedral, UK.
3 February 2025 7pm Rebecca Hardwick and The Hampstead Collective, Harawi. Hampstead Parish Church, London, UK.
7 February 2025 8pm Belgian National Orchestra/Fabien Gabel, Les Offrandes oubliees. Henry Le Boeuf Hall, Brussels, Belgium.
7 February 2025 7pm Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Hannu Lintu Paavali Jumpanen, piano, Oiseaux exotiques. Helsinki Music Centre, Concert Hall, Finland.
8 February 2025 7pm Belgian National Orchestra/Fabien Gabel, Les Offrandes oubliees. Namur Concert Hall, Namur, Belgium.
8 February 2025 6.30pm Gabriella Jones, violin, Matthew Wilsher, clarinet, Samuel Ng, cello, Bertie Baigent, piano, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. St Marylebone Festival, St Marylebone Church, London, UK.
8 February 2025 6.30pm Jacob Herling, violin, Madeline Echternacht, clarinet, Zach Ward, cello, Veerle Winkelmolen, piano, Quartet for the End of Time. Tonganoxie Terrace, Tonganoxie, Kansas, USA.
23 February 2025 3pm Lawrence Public Library, Lawrence, KS
24 February 2025 9.30am Bell Cultural Events Center, Olathe, KS
14 March 2025 7.30pm Swarthout Recital Hall, Lawrence, KS
26 March 2025 6.30pm Pane e Vino, Lawrence, KS
13 February 15 and 18 2025 7.30pm New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Karina Canellakis, Les Offrandes oubliees. David Geffen Hall, New York, USA.
13 February 2025 1.05pm Xiaowen Shhang, piano, La Fauvette Passerinette. Smith Square Hall, London, UK.
13 February 2025 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m Colloque: "Time, duration, music: meetings between Henri Bergson and Olivier Messiaen". the Fondation de France the Olivier Messiaen Foundation and the Society of Friends of Bergson organize a colloquium bringing together prominent specialists, philosophers and musicologists, researchers and artists to try to clarify the importance of notions of time and duration, in the light of thought and works respectively Henri Bergson and Olivier Messiaen. The colloquium, organized in partnership with the La Grange-Fleuret musical Library and with the Conservatoire de Paris Cnsmdp contest, will be followed by a concert at 6:45 p.m. Information and registration: https://bergson.hypotheses.org/3750. Music library La Grange-Fleuret, 11 bis rue de Vézelay, 75008 Paris, France.
15 February 2025 5pm Ueli Wiget, piano, Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus. House of Dea, Attic Room, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
20 February 2025 7.30pm Vernon Regehr, Nancy Dahan, Christine Carter, Patrick Cashin. Quartet for the End of Time. D.F.Cook Recital Hall, Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada.
20 February 2025 3pm Parlando/ Ian Niederhoffer Sophiko Simsive, piano, Suzanne Farrin, ondes Martenot. Trois Petites Liturgies de la Presence Divine. Kaufman Music Center, Merkin Hall, New York, USA.
23 February 2025 3pm Parlando: Mystic Chords, Parlando/Ian Niederhoffer Sophiko Simsive, piano, Suzanne Farrin, ondes Martenot. Merkin Hall, Trois Petites Liturgies de la Presence Divine. Kaufman Music Center, New York USA.
23 February 2025 11am Masterclass with Michael Collins, clarinet, Paddington Trio and Robert Sholl. Quartet for the End of Time. Kings Place, Hall One, London UK.
23 February 2025 20.00 Drama on 3 Messiaen and the Birds. Poet Michael Symmons Roberts goes on a creative pilgrimage to get to the heart of Olivier Messiaen's obsession with birdsong, creating an imaginative sonic journey through drama, poetry and Messiaen's music. BBC Radio 3 - BBC Sounds.
24 February 2025 7.30pm Alexander Finlayson-Brown, piano, Raphael Herberg, cello, Eleanor Mackey, violin, William Rodgers, clarinet, Quartet for the End of Time. Clare College Chapel, Cambridge, UK
26 February 2025 7pm Finger Lake Trio (pre-concert talk at 6.30pm), Quartet for the End of Time. Suny Oswego Sheldon Hall, Ballroom, Oswego, NY, USA.
27 February 2025 19.30 Dominic Desautels, clarinet, Mark Lee, violin, Cameron Crozman, cello, Louise Bessette, piano, Quartet for the End of Time. Eglise saint-Viateur D'Outremont, Montreal, Canada.
1 March 2025 3pm Matthew Odell, piano. Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus: Noel and Regard de l'Esprit de joie. Steinway Showroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
5 March 2025 8.30pm Ex Novo Ensemble - Davide Teodoro, clarinet, Carlo Lazari, violin, Carlo Teodoro, cello, Aldo Orvieto. piano, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Chiesa di Santa Maria del Carmelo (Carmini), Venice, Italy.
6 March 2025 7.30pm BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Daniel Cohen, Les Offrandes oubliees. BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
6 March 2025 7.30pm Sharon Kam, clarinet, Liza Ferschtman, violin, Christian Poltera, cello, Christian Ihle Hadland, piano, Quartet for the End of Time. Kaiserslautern, Fruchthalle, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
7 March 2025 6pm Sharon Kam, clarinet, Liza Ferschtman, violin, Christian Poltera, cello, Christian Ihle Hadland, piano, Quartet for the End of Time. Remagen Arp Museum/Barnhof Rolandseck, Germany.
7 March 2025 7.30pm The Seattle Serles: Efe Battacigil, Noah Geller, Jose-Franch-Ballester, Benjamin Hochman, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Women,s University Club - Grand Ballroom, Seattle, USA.
8 March 2025 7pm Sharon Kam, clarinet, Liza Ferschtman, violin, Christian Poltera, cello, Christian Ihle Hadland, piano, Quartet for the End of Time. Mainz Villa Musica, Germany.
9 March 2025 5pm Sharon Kam, clarinet, Liza Ferschtman, violin, Christian Poltera, cello, Christian Ihle Hadland, piano, Quartet for the End of Time.Neuwied-Engers, Schloss Engers, Germany.
9 March 2025 5.30pm and March 30th, 3pm Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio, violin, Walter Hanan, cello, Graeme Steele Johnson, clarinet, Debra Ayers, piano, Vocalise (arranged by Graeme Steele Johnson for clarinet, violin, cello and piano); Quartet for the End of Time. Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM, USA.
13 March 2025 7pm Trio Zimbalist and Dionysis Grammenos, clarinet, Quartet for the End of Time. St Martin in the Fields, London, UK.
13 March 2025 1pm Boulez in Context: Challenging the Status-Quo - Tamara Stefanovich, curator/piano. Theme and Variations, Matteo Hager, violin, Bridget Yee, piano. Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus No 13 & 15, Tomas Boyles, piano. David Josefowitz Recital Hall. Royal Academy of Music, London
14 March 6.30pm Cherry Ge, piano, Courlis Cendre, Book 7, No 13 from Catalogue d'oiseaux, Katherine Gregory, soprano, Tomas Boyles, piano, Harawi. Angela Burgess Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London, UK.
13 March 2025 7.30pm Ensemble Mirage, Quartet for the End of Time. Grimsby Town Hall, Grimsby, UK.
16 March 2025 4pm Matthew Odell, piano, Noel, Regard de l'Esprit de joie from Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus. Parish Center for the Arts, Westford, MA, USA.
20 March 2025 2pm New Japan Philharmonic/Joe Hisaishi Hayato Sumino, piano, Takashi Harada.ondes Martenot, Turangalila Symphonie. Sumida Triphony Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
20 March 2025 7.30pm Jan Lisiecki, piano, Preludes. Herbst Theatre, San Francisco and March 21st, 2025 7.30pm The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, San Diego, USA.
20 March 2025 8.30pm Symphony Orchestra (CSO)/Juan Garcia Rodriguez, Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum. Cathedral of Seville, Spain.
22 March 2025 2pm New Japan Philharmonic/Joe Hisaishi Hayato Sumino, piano, Takashi Harada.ondes Martenot, Turangalila Symphonie. Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
22 March 2025 7pm Jerzy Semkow Polish Sinfonia Inventus Orchestra/Alexandr Iradyan, Les Offrandes oubliees. Witold Lutoslawski Polish Radio Concert Studio, Warsaw, Poland.
23 March 2025 7.30pm David Griffiths, clarinet, Dimitry Hall, violin, Julian Smiles, cello, Andrea Lim, piano. Quartet for the End of Time. UNSW Kensington NSW, Australia
23 March 2025 7pm Jerzy Semkow Polish Sinfonia laventas Orchestra/Alexandr Iradyan, Les Offrandes oubliees. Witold Lutoslawski Concert Studio of Polish Radio, Warsaw, Poland.
23 March 2025 4pm Poppy Beddoe, clarinet, Henry Chandler, violin, Tim Lowe, cello, Jeremy Thurlow, piano, Quartet for the End of Time. Robinson College Chapel, Cambridge, UK.
26 March 2025 7pm Brussels Philharmonic/Patrick Hahn, Les Offrandes oubliees. KlaraFestival Brussels, Flagey, Brussels, Belgium.
27 March 2025 8pm Sharon Kan, clarinet, Liza Ferschtman, violin, Christian Poltera, cello, Enrico Pace, piano, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Mendelssohn Hall, Dusseldorf, Germany.
27 March 2025 7pm March 29th 1pm OSIPN Symphony Orchestra of the National Polytechnic Institute/Vladimir Sagaydo, L'Ascension. Auditorium Eng. Alego Peratta, Jamie Torres Bodet Cultural Center, Mexico City, Mexico.
28 March 2025 8pm Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia/Jose Trigueros, Les Offrandes oubliees. Palacio de la Opera de A Coruna, Coruna, Spain.
29 March 2025 7.30pm Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich, pianos, Visions de l'Amen. Mendelssohn-Saal, Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany.
29 March 2025 7pm Bristol Ensemble, Quartet for the End of Time. Bristol 1904 Arts Club, Bristol, UK.
29 March 2025 7pm The Fews Ensemble - Francesco Paulo Scola, clarinet, Joanne Quigley McParland, violin, Jonathan Aasgaard, cello, David Quigley, piano, Quartet for the End of Time. Harty Room, Queen's University Belfast, N Ireland.
30 March 2025 3pm Thomas Ospital, organ, L'Ascension. Cathedrale Notre-Dame-Immaculee, Monte-Carlo, Monaco.
5 April 2025 15.00 Janine Jansen Violin, Denis Kozhukhin Piano, Theme et Variations pour violin et piano, Konserthuset Stockholm: Stora SalenHötorget 8, Stockholm, 10387, Sweden.
5 April 2025 3pm Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Joel Sandelson Kathrin Lorenzen, soprano, Poemes pour Mi. Gothenburg Concert Hall, Gothenburg, Sweden.
5 April 2025 8pm Redwood Symphony Orchestra/Eric Kujawsky Lisa DiTiberis, flute, Peter Stahl. oboe, Ellis Verosub, cello, Delphean Quan, piano, Concert a quatre. Canada College Main Theater, Redwood City, CA, USA.
5 April 2025 7.30pm Chameleon Arts Ensemble, Piece pour piano et quatuor a cordes. First Church in Boston, Boston, USA.
6 April 2025 6pm Ben Aldren, clarinet, Ivana Jasova, violin, Marcus Michelin, cello, Ida Mo Schanche, piano, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Fartein Valen, Stavanger Concert Hall, Stavanger, Norway.
6 April 2025 7pm Alina Ibragimova, violin, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, cello, Matthew Hunt, clarinet, Cedric Tiberghien, piano, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK.
7 April 2025 20.00 Janine Jansen Violin, Denis Kozhukhin Piano, Theme et Variations pour violin et piano, Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez221 Avenue Jean Jaurès, Paris, Île-de-France, 75019, France.
8 April 2025 8pm Lecture Concert by Gerhard Loffler (organ), Messiaen: Chants d'oiseaux. Main Church of St Jacobi Hamburg, Germany.
13 April 2025 2.45pm Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra/Joanna MacGregor, Joseph Havlat, piano, Cynthia Millar, ondes Martenot, Turangalila Symphonie. Concert Hall, Brighton, UK.
13 April 2025 3pm Bristol Ensemble, Quartet for the End of Time. Christchurch L.E.P., Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, UK.
16 April 2025 5pm Het Collectief - Julien Herve, clarinet, Wilbert Aerts, violin, Martijn Vink, cello, Thomas Dieltjens, piano. Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Espacio Torner, Castile - La Mancha, Spain.
20 April 2025 8.15pm Alice Sara Ott, piano, Tomas Reif, violin, Sebastian Klinger, cello, Sebastian Manz, clarinet, Andrew Staples, visuals, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Grote Zaal, Tivoli Vredenburg, Netherlands.
20 April 2025 11am Andrew Haveron, violin, Mihai Marica, cello, Dean Newcomb, clarinet, Andrea Lam, piano, Quartet for the End of Time. Four Winds, Windsong Pavilion, Barraga Bay, South Coast, NSW, Australia.
21April 2025 5pm Christof Pulsch, organ, Les corps glorieux. Zionskirche Bethel, Bielefeld, Germany.
24 April 2025 6.30pm Lotte Betts-Dean, soprano Joseph Havlat, piano, Harawi. St Jude's, Balham, London, UK.
The MESSIAEN-TAGE festival with many stimulating events will then take place from April 25 to 27, 2025 in Görlitz and Zgorzelec. See here for more details.
28 April 2025 7.30pm Vincent Sucheana, Magdalena Morys, Lea Reutlinger, Christian Brandenburger, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. VENTANA, Cologne, Germany.
30 April 2025 7.30pm, Britten Sinfonia & Sinfonia Smith Square/Nicholas Daniel. Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum. St George's Cathedral, Southwark, London, UK.
30 April 2025 7.30pm Daniel Kagerer, violin, Gabriel Wernly, cello, Gabriel Walter, piano,LanetFlores,Otero, clarinet, Quatour pour la fin du temps. Kirche Fraumunster, Zurich, Switzerland.
30 April 2025 8pm Dominik Susteck, organ, Apparition de l'eglise eternelle; L'Ascension. Kolner Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany.
1 May 2025 7.30pm Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovic, pianos, Visions de l'Amen. Kirche Fraumunster, Zurich, Switzerland.
1 May 2025 7.30pm Luanah Lefebvre, violin, Gemma Andrews, clarinet, Nicholas Trgstad, cello, Alex Wyatt, piano, Quartet for the End of Time. The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, UK.
2 May 2025 6.30pm Pierre Laurent-Aimard, piano, Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus. Kirche Fraumunster, Zurich, Switzerland.
2 May 2025 6.30pm Isobel Archer, piano, Gabriela Corneau Gort, Ellena Hicks, Katrina Mackenzie, Tessa Tang, sopranos, Selections from Harawi. Royal Northern College of Music, Carole Nash Recital Room, Manchester, UK.
3 May 2025 8.15pm Sharon Kam, clarinet and Sitkovetsky Trio, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
4 May 2025 3pm Principal musicians of Pacific Symphony, Quartet for the End of Time. Samueli Theater, Segerstram Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, CA, USA.
4 May 2025 5pm and May 7th 6pm G-sharp Duo - Emilie-Anne Gendron, violin, Yelena Grinberg, piano, Fantaisie. Grinberg Classical Salon Series, Upper West Side, New York, USA.
6 May 2025 8.30pm Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, MaitriseNotre-Dame de Paris/Catherine Larsen-Maguire Roger Muraro, piano, Nathalie Forget, ondes Martenot, Trois Petites Liturgies de la Presence Divine. Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Paris, France.
8 May 2025 8pm Orquesta de Extremadura/Sylvain Gasancon, Les Offrandes oubliees. Palacio de Congresos de Badajoz Manuel Royas, Spain. 9 May 2025 8pm Palacio de Congresos de Merida, Badajoz.
9 May 2025 7pm Les Essences, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Mayor's House, Essen, Germany.
10 May 2025 10pm Jens Thoben, clarinet, Elisabeth Weber, violin, Troels Svane, cello, Florian Uhlig, piano, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Lubeck University of Music Great Hall, Germany.
14 - 15 May 2025 19:30 Suisse Romande Orchestra, Bertrand de Billy conductor, Kit Armstrong, piano, Cécile Lartigau, ondes Martenot, Turangalila Symphonie. Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland.
14 May 2025 8,15pm Marieka Blankestijn, violin, Emanuele Silvestri, cello, Julien Herve, clarinet, Hannes Minnaar, piano, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Laurenskerk, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
16 May 2025 8pm Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/Sir George Benjamin, Chronochromie; Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum. Philharmonie, Paris, France.
16 May 2025 6pm Orchestra National Capitole Toulouse/Tarmo Peltokoski, Le Tombeau resplendissant. Halle aux Grains, Toulouse, France.
16 May 2025 8.15pm Orchestra de la Suisse Romande/Bertrand de Billy Kit Armstrong, piano, Cecile Lartigau, ondes Martenot, Turangalila Symphonie. Rosey Concert Hall, Rolle, Switzerland.
17 May 2025 8pm Gregorio Benitez, piano, Catalogue d'oiseaux (7 excerpts). Palau de la Musica, Petit Palau, Barcelona, Spain.
18 May 2025 5pm Lotte Betts-Dean, soprano, Joseph Havlat, piano, Harawi.Norfolk and Norwich Festival, Octagon Chapel, Norwich, UK.
24 May 2025 6pm Orchestra National du Capitole du Touloiuse/Tarmo Peltokoski, Le Tombeau resplendissant. Halle aux grains, Toulouse, France.
27 May 2025 20.15 Members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Julie Moulin, Flute. Le Merle Noir. Concertgebouw: Recital HallAmsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.
29 May 2025 6.30pm organist tba, L'Ascension. Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge, UK.
1 June 2025 (11am) & 2nd (8pm) Wuppertal Sinfonieorchester/Patrick Hahn Joonas Ahonen, piano, Thomas Bloch, ondes Martenot, Turangalila Symphonie. Stadthalle, Wuppertal, Germany.
1 June 2025 4.30pm Simon Hogan, organ, L'Ascension. Southwark Cathedral, London, UK.
2 June 2025 7pm Joshua Ryan, organ, Messe de la Pentecote. St Johm-at-Hampstead, London UK.
5 June 2025 18.30 Ji-Yoon Park Violin, Lilian Harismendy Clarinet, Éric Levionnois Cello, Catherine Cournot, Piano, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Bibliothèque nationale de FranceQuai François Mauriac, 75706 Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France.
5 June 2025 8pm Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias/Nuno Coelho, Les Offrandes oubliees. Teatro Jovellanos, Gijon, Spain.
6 June 2025 8pm Auditorio Principe Felipe, Asturias, Spain.
6 June 2025 1pm Precise artists not specified, Quartet for the End of Time. Romsey Chamber Music Festival 2025 Romsey United Reformed Church, UK.
6 June 2025 7pm Isobel Archer, piano, Gabriela Corneau Gort, Elleria Hicks, Katarina Mackenzie, Tessa Tang, sopranos, Harawi. International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester, UK.
7 June 2025 20.00 Jan Lisiecki Piano, Prélude no. 1: La colombe, Prélude no. 2: Chant d'extase dans un paysage triste, Prélude no. 3: Le nombre léger. Théâtre des Champs-Élysées15 avenue Montaigne, Paris, Île-de-France, 75008, France.
8 June 2025 10.15pm Chamber Music Festival Eibergen: Pour la fin du temps. Tim Brackman, violin,Pieter de Koe, cello.Rik Kuppen, piano, Jelmer de Moed, clarinet, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Chamber Music Festival Eibergen, Netherlands.
13 June 2025 19.30 Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Sylvain Cambreling, L'Ascension. National Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan.
18 June 2025 (7.30pm), 19th (7pm), 202th (7.30pm), Tonhalle Orchester Zurich/Franz Welser-Most Hendrik Heilmann, piano, Sept Haikai. Grosse Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland.
22 June 2025 11am Hamburg Symphony Orchestra/Sylvain Cambreling, Les Offrandes oubliees; L'Ascension (excerpts). Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany.
26 June 2025 8pm Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovic, pianos, Visions de l'Amen. Ruhr Piano Festival, Geblasehalle, Duisberg, Germany.
29 June 2025 7pm Symphoniker Hamburg/Sylvain Cambreling, Joonas Ahonen, piano. Des Canyons aux etoiles....Laeiszhalle, Hamburg,Germany.
29 June 2025 8pm Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano, Alena Baeva, violin, Nicolas Altstaed, cello, Mark Simpson, clarinet, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Ruhr Piano Festival Geblasehalle, Duisberg, Germany.
7 July 2025 Granada Festival. Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano, Catalogue d'oiseaux.
10am Rodriguez-Acosta Foundation - Le Traquet stapazin; Le Bouscarle; Le Traquet rieur
12.30pm Church of Santa Maria de la Alhambra - La Buse variable; L'Alouette Calandrelle; Le Loriot; Le Merle blue
7pm Parador de Granada - Le Chocard des Alpes; Le Merle de roche; Le Courlis cendre
10pm Patio de los Arrayanas - La Chouette Hulotte; L'Alouette Lulu; La Rousserolle Effarvate. Granada, Spain.
Messiaen Festival 2025: July 19-27
In La Grave, in the Hautes-Alpes and in Isère, the 2025 edition of the festival will honor two composers whose centenary of birth we are celebrating this year:
Pierre Boulez and Luciano Berio . Full programme
19 July 2025- 6:00 p.m. Anne-Cécile Cuniot, flute, Antoine Ouvrard, piano, Acronym, Le Merle noir. Church of Saint-Théoffrey, Petichet, France.
19 July 2025 - 10:00 p.m. Broadcast of the film Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum, Des Canyons aux Etoile... – excerpt: Interstellar Call, recorded at the Messiaen Festival 2021 at the Glacier de la Meije (2400 meters) La Balcon, Students of the Institute of Higher Education in Music – Europe and the Mediterranean of Aix-en-Provence, Maxime Pascal, direction, Julien Ravoux, production and recording. Glacier de la Meije.
20 July 2025 21h00 Barbara Hannigan, soprano, Bertrand Chamayou, piano, Chants de terre et de ciel. Église de La Grave, La Grave, France
21 July 2025 11h00 Barbara Hannigan, soprano Conférence. Jardin du Lautaret, La Grave, France.
24 July 2025 - 17h00 Conférence: Messiaen / Boulez, une filiation fertile. Par Gaëtan Puaud, fondateur du Festival Messiaen au Pays de la Meije. Jardin du Lautaret, La Grave, France.
24 July 2025 21h00 Orlando Bass, piano, Catalogue d’oiseaux, extrait : La Rousserolle effarvatte. Église de La Grave, La Grave, France.
25 July 2025 17h00 Jean-François Heisser, piano, Jenny Daviet, soprano, Poèmes pour mi. Church of Saint-Théoffrey, Petichet, France.
27 July 2025 21h 00 Marie-Josèphe Jude, piano, Michel Béroff, piano, Visions de l’Amen. Église de La Grave, La Grave, France.
29 July 2025 9pm Roger Muraro, piano, Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus. Abbey Cloister, Thoronet Abbey, France.
30 July 2025 7.30pm Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano, Quatre etudes de rythme. Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, USA.
2 August 2025 4.30pm Orchestra/Timothy Weiss Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano, Couleurs de la Cite Celeste. Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, USA.
4 August 2025 12pm Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano, Catalogue d'oiseaux. Aspen Music Festival and School, Meadows Campus, Aspen USA.
5 August 2025 11am Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy, pianos, Visions de l'Amen. Edinburgh International Festival, The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
5 August 2025 7pm Inon Barnata, piano, Alan Gilbert, violin, Nicolas Altstaedt, cello, Ricardo Morales, clarinet, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. La Jolla Music Society, The Baker-Baum Concert Hall, La Jolla, CA, USA.
21 August 2025 7.30pm BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Karina Cannellakis, Les Offrandes oubliees. Edinburgh International Festival, Usher Hall, Scotland, UK.
22 August 2025 Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano, Quatre Etudes de rythme. Salzburg Festival, Stiftung Mozarteum -Grosser Saal, Austria.
31 August 2025 7pm Netherlands Radio Philhrarmonic Orchestra/Karina Canellakis, Les Offrandes oubliees. Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany.
20 September 2025 7pm ANAM Musicians/Steven Schick, Couleurs de la Cite Celeste. Australian National Academy of Music, Abbotsford Convent Rosina Auditorium, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia.
26 September 2025 8pm Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino/Min Chung, L'Ascension. Auditorium del Maggio: Sala Zubin Mehta, Florence, Italy.
17 October 2025 7.30pm Barbara Hannigan, soprano, Bertrand Chamayou, piano. Chants de Terre et de Ciel. HEMO-Haute Ecolede Musique, Lausanne, Switzerland.
1 November 2025 4pm MESSIAEN ROUNDTABLE Prof Christopher Dingle & Ensemble 360 exploring Quartet for the End of Time. Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield, UK.
12 November 2025 8pm Barbara Hannigan, soprano, Bertrand Chamayou, piano, Chant de Terre et de Ciel. Henry Le Boeuf Hall, BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium.
14 November 2025 7.30pm Barbara Hannigan, soprano, Bertrand Chamayou, piano, Chants de Terre et de Ciel. Mozart-Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria.
15 November 2025 7.30pm Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy, pianos, Visions de l'Amen. Wigmore Hall, London, UK.
29 November 2025 2.15pm Radio Philharmonic/Karian Canellakis Cedric Tiberghien, piano, Cynthia Millar, ondes Martenot, Turangalila Symphonie. Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, November 30th, 2025 2,15pm, de Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
6 December 2025 7.30pm Barbara Hannigan, soprano, Bertrand Chamayou, piano, Chant de Terre et de Ciel. Wigmore Hall, London, UK.
9 December 2025 6.30pm Michael Bacon, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Great Malvern Priory, UK.
9 December 2025 8.15pm Berry van Berkum, organ, La Nativite du Seigneur. Stevenskerk, Nijmegen, NL
17-18-19 December 2025 7.30pm Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle Magdelena Kozena, soprano, Poemes pour Mi, Book 2 Dvorak Hall, Prague, Czech Rep.
12 January 2026 7.30pm, The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, New York, USA.
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.
23 January 2026 7.30pm 25 2pm Tucson Symphony Orchestra/Jose Luis Gomez, Le tombeau respendissant. Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, Tucson, AZ, USA.
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.
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.
23 April 2026 7.30pm Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko (soli tba), Turangalila Symphonie. Royal Festival Hall, London, UK.
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.
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 (ondiste tba). Turangalila Symphonie. Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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.
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.
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.
9 June 2026 5pm Renate Wirth, organ, Claudia Egold, readings, Messe de la Pentecote. St Johanniskirche, Berlin, Germany.
CD/DVD Releases
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.