Rattle conducts Messiaen
Sir Simon Rattle ends his final Barbican concert as LSO music director with Messiaen鈥檚 Turangal卯la-Symphonie.
Presented by Andrew McGregor
Sir Simon Rattle ends his final Barbican concert as LSO Music Director with Messiaen鈥檚 Turangal卯la-Symphonie, joined by two of his oldest musical collaborators 鈥� pianist Peter Donohoe and Ondes-Martenot player Cynthia Millar.
'Joy in the blood of the stars鈥� 鈥� Olivier Messiaen
In Turangal卯la, named from two Sanskrit words, turanga and l卯la, meaning roughly 'time' and 'love', Messiaen wanted to create a "love song and hymn of joy, time, movement, rhythm, life, and death." This inventive piece is like no other - a work of huge structural scope that strives to convey, from most tender to most wild, its basic theme: love. Betsy Jolas鈥� music is more understated 鈥� but it still packs a tremendous emotional punch.
Betsy Jolas: Ces belles ann茅es 鈥�
Olivier Messiaen: Turangal卯la-Symphonie
Faustine de Mon猫s, soprano
Peter Donohoe, piano
Cynthia Millar, Ondes Martenot
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
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Betsy Jolas
Ces belles ann茅es ...
Singer: Faustine de Mon猫s. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. -
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Olivier Messiaen
Turangalila Symphony
Performer: Peter Donohoe. Performer: Cynthia Millar. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. -
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Variations on "Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman", K.265
Performer: Elisabeth Brauss. -
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Gioachino Rossini
String Sonata No 1 in G major
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.- Channel Classics.
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- Fri 30 Jun 2023 19:30大象传媒 Radio 3