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The ‘wild and colourful beauty’ of Utah and Arizona was the inspiration for one of the 20th century’s most singular and extraordinary works, a musical act of ‘praise and contemplation’ painted in the brightest and most vivid of sounds.

Olivier Messiaen’s mighty Des canyons aux étoiles … (‘From the Canyons to the Stars …’) is a sonic meditation in which birdsong mingles with desert winds, and the rustling of sand.

Sakari Oramo conducts the ´óÏó´«Ã½ SO, with pianist Nicolas Hodges and horn player Martin Owen taking the demanding solo parts.

There will be no interval

Approx. end time: 20:55

Image: Sakari Oramo © Benjamin Ealovega