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Visions: the Music of Olivier Messiaen

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Messiaen weekend concludes with music inspired by the two great influences of his life - religion and birdsong. Chronochromie (The Colour of Time) is suffused with birdsong and evokes Messiaen's vision of harmony as colour in music. Trois Petites
Liturgies de la Presence Divine and Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum were inspired by Messiaen's spirituality. Conductor Andrew Davis , Steven Osborne (piano), Jeanne Loriod
(ondes martenot), BBC Symphony Chorus Women's Voices
Chronochromie; Trois Petites
Liturgies de la Presence Divine; Et
Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum

Contributors

Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Piano:
Steven Osborne
Piano:
Jeanne Loriod
Source: Radio Times

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