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BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 6: Messiaen, Latry

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Prom 6: Messiaen, Latry

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The French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and organist Olivier Latry perform Messiaen.

The French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and organist Olivier Latry perform Messiaen's L'ascension and Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum.

Presented by Tom Service, from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Parisian musicians play French blockbusters from the last two centuries in this orchestral Prom, which also features the Royal Albert Hall's famous organ. They contribute to the celebrations of Olivier Messiaen's centenary with two works with a religious inspiration: one for solo organ and one for a large array of wind and percussion.

Olivier Latry (organ)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)

Messiaen: L'ascension, for solo organ; Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum.

BBC Proms: 2008

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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Selected coverage from the classical concerts of the Proms 114th season.

French organist Olivier Latry in works by Messiaen and Saint-Saens

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