Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen
Born: 10th December 1908, Avignon, France
Died: 27th April 1992, Clichy, France
Nationality: French
Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist, one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex; harmonically and melodically he employs a system he called modes of limited transposition, which he abstracted from the systems of material generated by his early compositions and improvisations. He wrote music for chamber ensembles and orchestra, vocal music, as well as for solo organ and piano, and also experimented with the use of novel electronic instruments developed in Europe during his lifetime.
Messiaen perceived colours when he heard certain musical chords (a phenomenon known as synaesthesia); according to him, combinations of these colours were important in his compositional process. He travelled widely and wrote works inspired by diverse influences, including Japanese music, the landscape of Bryce Canyon in Utah, and the life of St.
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Recording of the Week,
Francesco Piemontesi performs works for piano and orchestra by Ravel, Messiaen, and Schoenberg
The Swiss pianist is joined by the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and conductor Jonathan Nott for a dazzlingly characterful trio of performances.
Interview,
Pierre-Laurent Aimard on Messiaen's birds
The French pianist talks to Katherine about his relationship with Catalogue d'oiseaux, which he recently recorded for Pentatone.
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Popular Works: Messiaen
- 3 Petites liturgies de la Presence Divine (15)
- Apparition de l'Eglise Eternelle (33)
- Cantéyodjayâ (22)
- Catalogue d'oiseaux Books 1-7 (14)
- Chants de Terre et de Ciel (10)
- Cinq rechants (16)
- Couleurs de la cité céleste (12)
- Dieu parmi nous (12)
- Diptyque (18)
- Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum (17)
- Harawi (Chants d'amour et de Mort) (13)
- L'Ascension (organ version) (23)
- L'Ascension (Quatre meditations pour l'orchestre) (47)
- La Fauvette des jardins (13)
- La Nativité du Seigneur (35)
- La Transfiguration de Notre-Seigneur Jesus-Christ (11)
- Le Banquet Céleste (48)
- Le Merle noir for flute and piano (38)
- Les Corps Glorieux (26)
- Les Offrandes oubliées (1930) (16)
- Livre d'Orgue (18)
- Livre du Saint-Sacrement (19)
- Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité (15)
- Messe de la Pentecote (33)
- O sacrum convivium (64)
- Offrande au Saint Sacrement (16)
- Oiseaux exotiques (19)
- Petites Esquisses (6) d'Oiseaux (12)
- Pièce pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas (10)
- Poèmes pour Mi, books 1 & 2 (18)
- Preludes (8) (23)
- Quatre Études de rythme (17)
- Quatuor pour la fin du temps (75)
- Sept Haïkaï (12)
- Theme and Variations for Violin and Piano (40)
- Turangalîla Symphony (36)
- Verset pour la fête de la Dédicace (16)
- Vingt Regards sur l'enfant Jésus (35)
- Visions de l'Amen for 2 pianos (30)
- Vocalise étude (14)
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