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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the New York Philharmonic in Messiaen’s “Turangalila Symphony”
Salonen has championed the music of Messiaen, in particular the "Turangalila" Symphony, which he's conducted with the CSO, and now the NYP.
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Messiaen’s “Turangalila Symphony”
In addition to the Messiaen work on the program, Ravel's "Piano Concerto in G Minor" is featured with Jean-Yves Thibaudet as soloist.
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Messiaen’s Quartet “For the End of Time” on tonight’s “Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival”
Surely the experience of those in WWII concentration camps had to feel like 'the end of time'. Messaien knew that feeling as he was a POW in a camp, where he wrote the "Quartet 'For the End of Time'".
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Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time”, Strauss’ “Sextet” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Through the years Messiaen's "Quartet 'For the End of Time'" has gained a sort of 'cult status'... if you've heard the work you know why; if you've not hear it yet, please join us tonight at 7 pm for it.
Beethoven Clarinet Trio and Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time” on “Music Mountain”
The clarinet is central to the compositions on tonight's "Music Mountain". Alexander Fiterstein is featured. His playing was praised by the New York Times for its 'beautiful liquid clarity'.