Prom 15: Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony
Live at the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Proms: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic, conducted by Nicholas Collon and joined by The Swingles for the world premiere of Anna Clyne's The Gorgeous Nothings.
Live at the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Proms: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic, conducted by Nicholas Collon in Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony and the world premiere of Anna Clyne's 'The Gorgeous Nothings'.
Presented by Tom McKinney, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Anna Clyne: The Gorgeous Nothings
c. 8.00pm
INTERVAL: The Listening Service - It made Pierre Boulez want to vomit, Francis Poulenc thought it was atrocious and Igor Stravinsky said all you needed to write it was enough manuscript paper. But its composer wrote all 80 minutes of it as a love song, and a hymn to joy. Tom Service asks "just what is Olivier Messiaen’s epic Turangalila Symphony, premiered in 1949 by Leonard Bernstein and the Boston Symphony Orchestra; why did it divide opinion so much, and what does it mean today?â€
c.8.20pm
Olivier Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony
The Swingles
Steven Osborne (piano)
Cynthia Millar (ondes Martinot)
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic
Nicholas Collon (conductor)
The composer and critic Virgil Thomson described Oliver Messiaen's music as 'convulsive, ecstatic, cataclysmic, terrifying and unreal'. All converge in the most vibrant and unignorable symphony of the 20th century: Messiaen's 'Turangalîla Symphony'. Nicholas Collon and the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic are joined by pianist Steven Osborne and ondes Martinot virtuoso Cynthia Millar to perform a work that opens up the heavens even as it brings down the house, after the tantalising prospect of a world premiere by Anna Clyne. The Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic is joined by The Swingles for 'The Gorgeous Nothings', written specially for the Proms; the composer's response to the 'spellbinding wordsmithery' of American poet Emily Dickinson, scored for orchestra, amplified voices and real-time electronic processing.
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Anna Clyne
The Gorgeous Nothings
Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic. Conductor: Nicholas Collon. Ensemble: The Swingles. -
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Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic. Conductor: Nicholas Collon. Ensemble: The Swingles. -
Olivier Messiaen
Turangalila-Symphonie
Performer: Steven Osborne. Performer: Cynthia Millar. Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic. Conductor: Nicholas Collon. -
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto 'con molti strumenti' in C major, RV 558
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Andrew Manze.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata No 41 in A major, H.XVI.26
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- CHANDOS.
Broadcast
- Tue 30 Jul 2024 19:30Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3
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