Duration 17 minutes
Premiere 17 October 1964 Donaueschingen Yvonne Loriod piano; Domaine Musical; Pierre Boulez conductor
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
Concert a quatre, for four soloists and orchestra (1990-91) Download Sheet Music
Myung-Whun Chung
(conductor),
Mstislav Rostropovich
(cello),
Yvonne Loriod
(piano),
Heinz Holliger
(oboe),
Orchestre de l`Opéra Bastille (France)
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
Couleurs de la Cite Celeste, solo piano and ensemble (1963) Download Sheet Music
Duration 17 minutes
Premiere 17 October 1964 Donaueschingen Yvonne Loriod piano; Domaine Musical; Pierre Boulez conductor
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ (1965-69) Download Sheet Music
Duration 75 minutes
Premiere 2 December 1949 Symphony Hall Boston Yvonne Loriod piano; Ginette Marenot; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein conductor Movements 1.Introduction 2.Chant damour I [Song of Love I] 3.Turangalila I 4.Chant damour II [Song of Love II] 5.Joie du sang des etoiles [Joy in the Blood of the Stars] 6.Jardin du sommeil damour [The Garden of Love`s Slumber] 7.Turangalila II 8.Developpement de lamour [The Growth of love] 9.Turangalila III 10.Final
Myung-Whun Chung
(conductor),
Roger Muraro
(piano),
Valerie Hartmann-Claverie
(ondes Martenot),
Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France
Myung-Whun Chung
(conductor),
Yvonne Loriod
(piano),
Jeanne Loriod
(ondes Martenot),
Orchestre de l`Opéra Bastille (France)
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
`Des canyons aux étoiles...`, suite for piano and orchestra in 12 parts (1971-1974) Download Sheet Music
From the Canyons to the Stars...
Duration ~100 minutes Premiere 20 November 1974 Alice Tully Hall New York Yvonne Loriod piano; Musica Aeterna; Frederic Waldman conductor Movements 1. Le désert [The desert] 2. Les orioles [The orioles] 3. Ce qui est écrit sur les étoiles [What is written in the stars] 4. Le cossyphe d`Heuglin [The white-browed robin] 5. Cedar Breaks et le don de crainte [Cedar Breaks and the gift of awe] 6. Appel interstellaire [Interstellar call] 7. Bryce Canyon et les rochers rouge-orange [Bryce Canyon and the orange-red rocks] 8. Les ressucités et le chant de l`étoile Aldebaran [The resurrected and the song of the star Aldebaran] 9. Le moquer polyglotte [The mockingbird] 10. La grive des bois [The wood thrush] 11. Omao leiothrix elapaio shama [Hawaiian Thrush Pekin Nightingale Hawaiian monarch flycatcher magpie-robin] 12. Zion Park et la cité céleste [Zion Park and the celestial city]
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
`Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum`, for wind, brass and percussion (1964) Download Sheet Music
Duration 30 minutes
Premiere 7 May 1965 Sainte Chapelle Paris Domaine Musical; Serge Baudo conductor Movements 1. Des profondeurs de l`abîme je cris vers toi Seigneur Seigneur écoute ma voix! [Out of the depths I cry unto you Lord Lord hear my voice!] 2. Le Christ ressucité des morts ne meurt plus; la mort n`a plus su lui d`empire 3. L`heure vient où les morts entendront la voix du fils de Dieu 4. Ils ressucuteront glorieux avec un nom noveau - dans le concert joyeux des étoiles et les acclamations des fils du ciel [They rose from the dead glorified with a new name - in the joyful concert of the stars and the praises of the sons of heaven.] 5. Et j`entendis la voix d`une foule immense
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
`Hymn to the holy sacrament`, for orchestra (1932) Download Sheet Music
Hymn to the Holy Sacrament orchestra 1932 lost 1943 reconstructed from memory 1946
Duration 13 minutes Premiere 23 March 1933 Paris Orchestre Straram; Walter Straram conductor
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
`Les offrandes oubliée: Méditation symphonique`, for orchestra (1930) Download Sheet Music
1. La Croix
2. Le Péché 3. LEucharistie Duration 12 minutes Premiere 19 February 1931 Théâtre des Champs-Elysées Paris Orchestre Straram; Walter Straram conductor
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
`L`Ascension: Quatre Méditations Symphoniques` for orchestra (1932/33) Download Sheet Music
Duration 30 minutes
Premiere February 1935 Paris Robert Siohan conductor Movements Quatre méditations symphoniques 1. Majesté du Christ demandant sa glore à son Pére 2. Alléluias sereins d`une âme qui desire le ciel 3. Alléluia sur la trompette Alléluia sur la cymbale 4. Prière du Christ montant vers son Père
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
`O Sacrum Convivium`, motet for Holy Communion (1937) Download Sheet Music
SATB choir; or soprano organ
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
`Trois Petites liturgies de la presence divine` for choir and orchestra (1944) Download Sheet Music
36 women`s voices piano solo ondes martenot celesta vibraphone 3 percussion.
Movements 1. Antienne de la convcersatio intérieure Dieu présent en nous ... 2. Séquence du Verbe cantique divin Dieu présent en lui-même ... 3. Psalmodie de l`ubiquité par amour Dieu présent en toutes choses ... |
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