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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra - Messiaen

Live at the Barbican, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo in Messiaen: L'Ascension and Turangalila-Symphonie, with Steven Osborne (piano) and Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot).

Live from the Barbican Sakari Oramo conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Messiaen's L'Ascension and Turangalîla Symphony with Steven Osborne, piano, and Cynthia Miller, ondes martenot.

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Messiaen: L'Ascension

07.55 Interval

08.15
Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony

Steven Osborne (piano)
Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo conducts a double-bill from 20th-century musical genius and visionary, Olivier Messiaen.
The French composer's gargantuan Turangalîla Symphony is a vibrant and colourful celebration of all-consuming love, loosely based on the Tristan and Isolde story, and features a prominent part for piano and the electronic ondes martenot. It is preceded here by Messiaen's four sacred meditations for orchestra, L'Ascension.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Part 1

    • Olivier Messiaen

      L'Ascension

      Ensemble: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Interval

    • Claude Debussy

      Three Preludes from Book One

      Performer: Steven Osborne.
  • Part 2

    • Olivier Messiaen

      Turangalila Symphony

      Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Post-concert

    • Thomas Adès

      The Four Quarters 1st mvt Nightfalls

      Ensemble: Calder Quartet.

Credit

Role Contributor
Performer ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Wed 24 May 2017 19:30