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Simon Rattle conducts Olivier Messiaen's epic 脡clairs sur l'au-del脿... (Lightning Over the Beyond...), a visionary evocation of 'resurrection, eternity and the other life.鈥�

With its vast orchestral forces, Olivier Messiaen's epic 脡clairs sur l鈥檃u-del脿... (Lightning Over the Beyond...), is rarely performed. But his last completed music is an ecstatic and visionary masterpiece combining Messiaen's enduring and profound Catholic faith and decades-long preoccupation with birdsong. 'I imagined myself in front of a curtain in darkness, apprehensive about what lay beyond: Resurrection, Eternity, the other life' was how Messiaen himself described his epic 11-movement, hour-long work.

It's a typically bold and inspired statement of intent from Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra in one of their first concerts of the new season. Recorded yesterday at the Barbican Hall and presented by Tom Service and including an on-stage introduction to the music from Simon Rattle.

Olivier Messiaen: 脡clairs sur l鈥檃u-del脿...
London Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Mon 16 Sep 2019 19:30
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Olivier Messiaen

    脡clairs sur l'Au-del脿

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)

    Music Arranger: Safri Duo. Performer: Colin Currie. Performer: Sam Walton.
    • 'Striking a Balance'.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Cello Sonata in A minor, Op 36

    Performer: Truls M酶rk. Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Virgin.

  • Edward Elgar

    In the South 'Alassio'

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • HYPERION.

  • Hamish MacCunn

    The Ship o' the Fiend Op.5

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Maccunn - Land of the Mountain and the Flood and other music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    One star, at last

    Choir: King's College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Mon 16 Sep 2019 19:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3