Ensemble intercontemporain

Olivier Messiaen, Des canyons aux etoiles


PART 1




I Le désert

II Les orioles

III Ce qui est écrit sur les étoiles...

IV Le Cossyphe d’Heuglin (piano solo)

V Cedar Breaks et le don de crainte

 


PART 2




VI Appel interstellaire (horn solo)

VII Bryce Cañyon et les rochers rouge-orange

 


PART 3




VIII Les ressuscités et le chant de l’étoile Aldébaran

IX Le Moqueur polyglotte (piano solo)

X La Grive des bois

XI Omao, Leiothrix, Elepaio, Shama

XII Zion Park et la cité céleste


In his centenary year, Olivier Messiaen (1908 – 1992), mystic, pioneer, teacher and one of the most important composers of his turbulent century, seems at once timeless and timely. The Ensemble intercontemporain, the brainchild of Pierre Boulez, Messiaen’s favourite pupil, is making its second appearance at the Athens Festival, under the baton of Finland’s Susanna Mälkki and with Greece’s own Dimitris Vassilakis on piano. Des canyons aux étoiles... [“From the canyons to the stars...”] is a magnificent fresco, a meditative rendering of cosmological and theological themes: from America’s imposing canyons, the score gradually ascends to the stars in the heavens, encountering birdsong (so dear to the bird-loving Messiaen) along the way [Kh.G.].



Duration 1 hour and 41 minutes with no interval.

Odeon of Herodes Atticus

  • 23/06/2008 at 21:00
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