Composer

Bulgarian American violinist Bella Hristova has won international acclaim for her “expressive nuance and rich tone” (New York Times) and “impressive power and control” (Washington Post). She has distinguished herself on the world stage as a performing artist with a remarkably diverse repertoire and bold approach to programming. In collaboration with returning pianist, Anna Polonsky, Hristova marks her Newport debut in a varying program which includes stalworth works by Bach, a transcription of a movement from Messiaen’s Quartet for the end of time, Grieg’s thrilling second violin sonata, and folk songs from the childhood of composer Reena Esmail.  

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Violinist Bella Hristova performs Bach and Grieg

Newport Classical

Concert Chorale

The University of Texas at Austin

Pianist and composer Mikael Darmanie performs an eclectic program showcasing the musical perspectives that have most influenced his own, from Olivier Messiaen, Robert Schumann and Alexander Scriabin to Erykah Badu. Darmanie says, “At first glance it’s giving music-streaming-app-playlist-on-shuffle vibes, but at its core, it represents the intersection of two disparate systems: the eclecticism of today’s algorithmic based society and the indifference of nature.”

Mikael Darmanie, piano

Kaufman Music Center

Crescendo Concerts combine all of your favorite things about going to a concert, except one thing — they’re not in a concert hall. Spend an afternoon in a beautiful home, socialize with new and old friends, and listen to incredible music in a special and intimate setting.

Njioma Grevious and Jeewon Park

Center for Chamber Music

A daring and eclectic program indeed!

The first half will feature modernism at its most gleaming and seductive. Mason Bates’ deft blend of orchestra and electronics offers ear-popping pleasure.

Four Redwood Symphony soloists will play Messiaen’s final major work, a veritable menagerie of carefully transcribed bird calls by turns beguiling and raucous.

Tchaikovsky’s Pathetique

Cañada College

The exceptional violinist Janine Jansen has a special relationship with Brahms, whose violin concerto she has performed many, many times. Now she is devoting herself to the composer's violin sonatas with the award-winning pianist Denis Kozhukhin - and is continuing the thread into the 20th century.

Janine Jansen | Denis Kozhukhin

Museum Ludwig

The place: the main camp VIII A near Görlitz. The time: the Second World War. Instruments available: clarinet, piano, violin and cello. Not ideal conditions for musical world literature, but Olivier Messiaen managed to do just that at the turn of the year 1940/41 while he was a German prisoner of war. His quartet is as much an end-time work that explores the depths of human existence as it is a vision of the future that hears the divine in birdsong. 80 years after the liberation of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora concentration camps, Messiaen's music is placed alongside selected texts.

5th Chamber Concert

Theater Nordhausen

Friday 19th subscription - Raquel Lojendio - OSG Choir - José Trigueros

Opera Palace of A Coruña

The Young Artists Concerts offer a platform for young musicians. The series is organized in cooperation with the German Music Council.

Hiraeth. duo51saiten plays Strauss, Schubert, Messiaen and more

NDR Konzerthaus | Kleiner Sendesaal

In celebration of the 100th birthday of Pierre Boulez, conductor Daniel Cohen joins BBC NOW for an evening of 20th Century gems, kicking off with Boulez’s own Livres pour cordes. Unsurpassable beauty and depth run deep in this angular and fragmentary work, which is nothing but lyrical throughout.

Boulez at 100

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Join us for an enchanting evening of chamber music on Festival Day 3 of the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music series, happening on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at 7:30 pm in the Leo Rich Theater. This remarkable event promises an unforgettable lineup of classical masterpieces performed by world-renowned musicians.

The evening will commence with Claude Debussy's "Rhapsody for Saxophone," featuring the exceptional talents of Bernadette Harvey on piano and Steven Banks on saxophone. This will be followed by Johannes Brahms' "Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 60," brought to life by the Sitkovetsky Trio with Alexander Sitkovetsky on violin, Wu Qian on piano, Isang Enders on cello, and Masumi Per Rostad on viola.

The program will also include Olivier Messiaen's "Thème et Variations 1932," a captivating piece performed by Martin Beaver on violin and Bernadette Harvey on piano. The evening will conclude with Ludwig van Beethoven's "String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2," presented by the Miró Quartet, featuring Daniel Ching and William Fedkenheuer on violins, John Largess on viola, and Joshua Gindele on cello.

Tickets are available for both in-person attendance and online streaming, ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to experience this magnificent showcase of chamber music. Whether you're a long-time classical music enthusiast or new to the genre, Festival Day 3 of the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music is an event not to be missed.

Festival Day 3

Tucson Convention Center

Gentle drizzling, vigorous splashing, thunderous drumming – rain comes in many guises. Hanns Eisler’s 1941 film score Fourteen Ways to Describe Rain was one of his best chamber music works. Today, in the face of accelerating climate change, weather patterns take on a whole new urgency. Inspired by Eisler, Gregor Mayrhofer explores these phenomena in his composition Tipping Points. Fourteen ways to describe climate change, a commissioned work which will be premiered as part of our Biennale, explores pivotal moments for our climate. The physicist and science journalist Harald Lesch will host this dialogue concert.

“Tipping Points. Fourteen ways to describe climate change”

Berliner Philharmonie

Join us for an unforgettable evening of chamber music at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, featuring the acclaimed pianist Juho Pohjonen. This special event, part of the Art of the Recital series, will take place on Thursday, February 20, 2025, at 7:30 pm in the intimate setting of the Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio at CMS.

The program promises a journey through the evolution of piano music, starting with the world premiere of Jyrki Linjama's "Prélude oublié for Piano" (2024), followed by masterpieces from Alexander Scriabin, Franz Liszt, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Olivier Messiaen. Highlights include Scriabin's "Sonata No. 6 for Piano, Op. 62" and "Sonata No. 7 for Piano, Op. 64, White Mass," Liszt's "Après une Lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata for Piano," Beethoven's "Sonata for Piano, Op. 27, No. 1, Quasi una fantasia," and Messiaen's "Le baiser de l’Enfant-Jésus from Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus for Piano."

Juho Pohjonen, celebrated for his "impeccable technique" (Washington Post) and "elegant musicianship" (New York Times), brings his expertise and passion for Scandinavian music to the forefront, offering a showcase of works by Finnish composers alongside the classics. An alum of CMS’s Bowers Program, Pohjonen enjoys an ongoing association with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, making this performance a homecoming of sorts.

The event will last approximately 2 hours, including an intermission, allowing audiences to fully immerse themselves in the beauty and complexity of the music. The Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio at CMS, located in the Rose Building at 165 West 65th Street, New York, NY 10023, provides the perfect acoustics and ambiance for this musical exploration.

Tickets are not yet on sale but be sure to mark your calendars and stay tuned for the opportunity to secure your seats for this must-attend event. Whether you're a long-time classical music enthusiast or new to the chamber music scene, this recital promises to be a memorable part of the 2025 season at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Juho Pohjonen

Samuel B. & David Rose Building

Karina Canellakis conducts Debussy’s La Mer, which shimmers with a multitude of orchestral textures in its portrayal of the sea. Messiaen’s Les Offrandes oubilées is a profound expression of his devout faith, and Berg’s Violin Concerto — here performed by Veronika Eberle — blends modern compositional techniques with deep emotions. This concert begins with a musical meditation by Saariaho.

Canellakis Conducts Messiaen and La Mer

David Geffen Hall

Experience an evocative exploration of music's response to crisis with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Chamber Music Series at the University of Chicago. This program features two profound works that delve into the depths of human emotion and resilience. Mozart’s Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major, K. 581, stands as a testament to the composer's genius, with its wistful Larghetto movement offering a poignant reflection on beauty and melancholy. Complementing this is Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time, a piece composed and premiered under the harrowing conditions of a German prisoner-of-war camp. Scored for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano, Messiaen’s work is imbued with spiritual energy, conjuring vivid images of singing birds, rainbows, and angels. The performance promises a rich tapestry of sounds and emotions, brought to life by the exceptional talents of Robert Chen and Qing Hou on violin, Lawrence Neuman on viola, John Sharp on cello, Stephen Williamson on clarinet, and Umi Garrett on piano. This concert offers a profound musical journey through the lens of historical and personal turmoil, showcasing the enduring power of art in times of crisis.

CSO Chamber Music at the University of Chicago

Reynolds Club

Join us for a program of stunning chamber music that celebrates the musical coexistence of dark and light.

CNMAT PRESENTS : Ninth Planet

University of California, Berkeley

This powerhouse ensemble combines three of today’s most luminary chamber musicians: former Johannes Quartet violinist Soovin Kim, former Emerson Quartet cellist Paul Watkins, and pianist Gloria Chien. Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Clarinet Ricardo Morales adds his “utterly natural musical grace” (New York Times) for a performance of Olivier Messiaen’s hauntingly beautiful Quartet for the End of Time.

CKW Trio Ricardo Morales, clarinet

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

One of the most impressive works by the French composer Olivier Messiaen was written in 1940/41, while he was a prisoner of war in a labor camp near Görlitz: "Quatuor pour la fin du Temps" (Quartet for the End of Time) - a musical meditation on the Apocalypse of John in eight movements. The instrumentation was based on the forces and instruments available in the camp: a clarinet, a violin, a cello and a broken piano played by Messiaen himself. The premiere took place in January 1941 in the camp's theater barracks.

Sound images concert

Synagogue of the Jewish Community of Lübeck

Gabriel Fauré was also swept along by the same current in music history that had gripped Debussy, who was 17 years younger than him - or rather, that he had finally set in motion. Both composed music for Maurice Maeterlinck's symbolist drama "Pelléas et Mélisande", which was celebrated as a cult in the 1890s. Under great time pressure, Fauré entrusted the orchestration of his work, written in 1898, to his student Charles Koechlin. Fauré conducted the premiere in London himself. Of the original 19 parts, only four excerpts were published, which form the suite as we know it today. It is undoubtedly Fauré's most beautiful orchestral work, in an orchestration that he revised again.

Magdalena Kožená, Gergely Madaras – “Pelléas et Mélisande” and “The Moldau”

Laeiszhalle Hamburg

The Frenchman Olivier Messiaen composed his "Quartet for the End of Time" while he was interned in a prisoner of war camp near Görlitz, where the work was premiered on January 15, 1941. As with so many pieces by the deeply religious Catholic Messiaen, the title of the work refers to the Bible, more specifically the Book of Revelation. The Quatuor is an immediately moving, largely meditative classic of 20th century music that convinces even those who may be skeptical about this type of music.

3rd Chamber Concert: For the End of Time

Domicil Jazzclub

Anton Bruckner and Olivier Messiaen have much in common. The conductor Simone Young and the Concertgebouw Orchestra forge a musical and spiritual bond between Bruckner’s Symphony No. 6 and Messiaen’s L’Ascension.

Bruckner and Messiaen

The Concertgebouw

David Pipe performs Messiaen’s evocative nine-movement cycle telling the story of the birth of Christ. Composed when Messiaen was only in his mid-twenties, this iconic work depicts the shepherds, angels and wise men, before concluding with the dramatic ‘Dieu parmi nous’ toccata.

David Pipe: Messiaen's La Nativite

Huddersfield Town Hall

David Pipe performs Messiaen’s evocative nine-movement cycle telling the story of the birth of Christ.

David Pipe: Messiaen's La Nativité

Bringing Gustav Mahler's "The Song of the Earth" to the stage always leads into the depths of the late romantic aesthetic of the turn of the century. Of course, the basis of the work is poetry - but of a rather dubious nature due to the many translations back and forth from ancient Chinese. And so the six songs, of which the last is by far the most important, are actually to be understood primarily from the perspective of the music and in a sense as Mahler's unofficial ninth symphony. At least that is how he himself suggested it - and also emphasized that "The Song of the Earth" is "probably the most personal ... thing I have done so far." Stuart Skelton and Karen Cargill sing the version for tenor and alto here.

5th Philharmonic Concert

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Acclaimed as an "intoxicating, graceful" artist whose "whole being breathes music" (De Telegraaf), Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan partners with the French pianist Bertrand Chamayou for a recital filled with moments of mysticism, meditation, and ecstasy.

Barbara Hannigan & Bertrand Chamayou

National Arts Centre

Monumental mysticism radiates in Olivier Messiaen’s Des canyons aux étoiles... Commissioned to write a work which commemorated the bicentenary of the American Declaration of Independence, the French composer visited the United States looking for inspiration. He found it amongst the National Parks of Utah. The wild canyons of the desert state are a perfect partner for Messiaen’s powerful spirituality. Their colourful rock formations glow throughout this unique work. Messiaen faithfully replicates the songs of birds – God’s musicians, he called them – in virtuosic writing for the orchestra.

From the Canyons to the Stars

The Bridgewater Hall

World-renowned soprano Barbara Hannigan is an “intensely musical, intoxicating, graceful, passionate” artist whose “whole being breathes music” (De Telegraaf, Netherlands). Following a thrilling PCMS recital in 2017, she returns with French pianist Bertrand Chamayou for an adventurous program that includes John Zorn’s highly virtuosic Jumalattaret and Olivier Messiaen’s song cycle Chants de terre et de ciel, exploring the spiritual dimension of marriage and parenthood.

Barbara Hannigan, soprano Bertrand Chamayou, piano

In the popular chamber music series “Workshop.Dialogue.Music”, musicians of the Berliner Philharmoniker introducing themselves and their instruments, and talking in a relaxed atmosphere about the works presented, their interpretation and their approach. Questions and a dialogue with the audience are very welcome! A new feature is that visitors can enjoy a French breakfast from 11:00 onwards, before the concert begins at 11:30. Breakfast is included in the ticket price.

“Workshop.Dialogue.Music” Concert breakfast at the Palais Populaire

PalaisPopulaire

The clavichord instrument emerged in the 1400’s, as referenced to an instrument owned by John II, the Good King of France, called an eschiquier, which resembled an organ, but operated by means of strings, according to writings of the king’s doctor, Henri Arnaut. The word “Clavichord” appeared in German writings during this time, and a German altar-carving from 1425 depicts the instrument. Like the harpsichord, it combined the keyboard of the organ, but incorporated the hammers striking strings found in the Renaissance dulcimer. By the Baroque era, the clavichord had become the predominant practice instrument and compositional tool for composers. Sound is created when brass strings are struck by tangents, which are small metal blades. Because of the instrument’s size and construction, it could not produce a sound loud enough to be used for performance outside of private home concerts.

The Art of the Touch

Salmagundi Club

Enjoy a captivating program with works by Messiaen, Scriabin, and John Zorn, as the Luminary Series promises unforgettable performances from classical music’s finest.

Barbara Hannigan & Bertrand Chamayou in Recital

McPherson Playhouse

The sensational Canadian soprano returns to Koerner Hall to perform works by Scriabin, Messiaen, and John Zorn with pianist Bertrand Chamayou. 

Embodying music with an unparalleled dramatic sensibility, soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan is an artist at the forefront of creation. The Canadian musician has shown a profound commitment to the music of our time and has given the world premiere performances of over 90 new works. “The intrepid Canadian soprano has emerged over the last half decade as one of the most vital and original musicians of her generation.” (The New Yorker)

Barbara Hannigan, soprano, with Bertrand Chamayou, piano

The Royal Conservatory of Music

Experience the talent and creativity of Colburn’s distinguished faculty artists as they perform their own curated programs with friends and students. This concert features works for violin and piano by Prokofiev, Franck, and Messiaen.

Faculty Recital: Martin Beaver, Violin, and Fabio Bidini, Piano

Colburn School

### Søndergård Conducts Mozart’s Requiem - Minnesota Orchestra

**Event Overview:**
Join the Minnesota Orchestra for an evocative evening as Thomas Søndergård, the esteemed Danish conductor, leads a performance of Mozart’s Requiem. This concert promises to be a profound musical experience, featuring a contemplative program that delves into memories requiring extra time and space.

**Date and Time:**
- **Friday, November 22, 2024**
- **Saturday, November 23, 2024**

**Venue:**
- **Orchestra Hall**
  1111 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55403

**Program:**
1. **MESSIAEN** - *Les Offrandes Oubliées (The Forgotten Offerings)*
2. **ORTIZ** - *Tzam*
3. **MOZART** - *Requiem*

**Artists:**
- **Thomas Søndergård** - Conductor
- **Andrea Carroll** - Soprano
- **Jack Swanson** - Tenor
- **Dashon Burton** - Baritone
- **Minnesota Chorale**

**Event Duration:**
- Approximately 2 hours, including intermission

**Ticket Information:**
- Tickets for this concert are available now as part of a package. Save up to 15% and receive subscriber perks when you purchase 3 or more concerts.
- Individual tickets go on sale on July 29.

**Additional Information:**
- **Pre-concert activities** and **valet parking** are available.
- **Pre-order beverages** and find **directions & parking** information on the Minnesota Orchestra website.
- Download the MinnOrch App for exclusive deals, pre-ordering intermission drinks, and scanning your ticket for entry.

**Accessibility Services:**
- Armless & Bariatric Chairs
- Assistive Listening Devices
- Large-Print Programs
- Noise-Cancelling Headphones
- Service Animals
- Wheelchair & Accessible Seating

**Presented by:**
- The 2024-2025 Classical Season is presented by Ameriprise Financial.

For more details and to plan your visit, please visit the Minnesota Orchestra website.

Søndergård Conducts Mozart’s Requiem

Minnesota Orchestra

Flutist Soyoung Lee '90 returns to campus to perform with Conservatory faculty members Alexa Still (flute), Robert Shannon, and Haewon Song (piano) in Kulas Recital Hall.

Faculty & Guest Recital: Soyoung Lee, flute with Still, Shannon & Song

Oberlin College

“Spielfreude,” the joy of playing, describes the sheer physical and emotive pleasure of performing at the keyboard. Mark Robson’s recital offers a program that largely takes its cue from this idea, with pieces from a range composers including Ligeti, Glass, Cowell, Messiaen, Aldo Clementi and Ginastera, with premieres by Peter Knell, Hannah Rice and Daniel Rothman. Also featured will be Schoenberg’s Zwei Klavierstücke, Op. 33 in honor of the composer’s 150th birth anniversary.

Mark Robson: Spielfreude

One California Plaza

All the subtlety and color of French music comes together in this concert — the music of visionaries. Messiaen’s deeply held religious faith inspired music of great spirituality, which he captured in this early work — a meditation on sacramental offerings both given and received. Lili Boulanger’s poignant work came just before her tragic death at age 24 and feels full of foreboding. Debussy conjures every possible play of light on the seemingly infinite sea in all its moods. And we are thrilled to welcome the truly poetic Tabea Zimmermann for the first Seattle Symphony performances of Bartók’s Viola Concerto — in which he draws inspiration from Hungarian folk traditions.

Debussy La Mer

Benaroya Hall

French music has always been considered to be particularly vocal. For the artistic director of the BR Choir, Peter Dijkstra, this is a good reason to present a fine selection of choral music by four Frenchmen. The focus is on Gabriel Fauré's musical requiem, which is one of the great requiem settings of the classical-romantic tradition.

Cum Jubilo

Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding

### Event Description: Michael Yeung, Percussion

**Date:** Thursday, October 17, 2024  
**Time:** 7:30 PM  
**Venue:** Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, 57th & 7th Avenue Entrance on 7th, New York, NY  
**Tickets:** Starting from $20 (On sale from July 10, 2024)

Join us for an extraordinary evening of percussive brilliance as Michael Yeung makes his debut at Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall. This concert, part of the Young Concert Artists series, promises to be a captivating journey through a diverse repertoire, showcasing the versatility and expressive power of percussion.

**Special Guest:** Chee-Yun, Violin

**Program:**
- **J.S. Bach:** Lute Suite in E Minor, BWV 996
- **Debussy arr. Michael Yeung:** Rêverie
- **Ravel arr. Michael Yeung:** Sonatine II. Mouvement de Menuet
- **Philippe Hurel:** Loops II
- **Georges Aperghis:** Le corps à corps
- **Iannis Xenakis:** Rebonds B
- **Astor Piazzolla:** Histoire du Tango
- **James Wood:** Rogośānti
- **Messiaen:** O Sacrum Convivum
- **Plus:** A premiere by YCA Composer-in-Residence Alistair Coleman

Michael Yeung's debut program begins with a collection of keyboard works arranged for marimba and vibraphone, before exploring the vast sound palette and musical canon of percussion. Highlighting the evening is James Wood’s "Rogośānti," a piece known for its mysticism and transcendent soundscape, which Yeung believes will captivate the audience.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to experience the percussive arts in a new light, brought to you by one of the most exciting young talents in the field.

**Tickets:** Available from July 10, 2024. Secure your seats early for an unforgettable night of music.

Michael Yeung, Percussion

Carnegie Hall

Kennedy Center

Premiered earlier this year, Bushra El-Turk’s new work celebrates singers from the Arab Cultural Renaissance. It resonates with Gesualdo’s tortured madrigal, and Schubert’s searing quartet references one of his most harrowing songs. Comfort is at hand, however. Originally conceived for the ondes martenot; repurposed in the Quartet for the End of Time, Messiaen’s Oraison contemplates the eternal.

Dudok Quartet: Abandoned Voices

Milton Court Concert Hall

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The Cumnock Tryst Ensemble launch

Dumfries Arms Hotel

### Event Description: HARAWI at The Wallis

**Event:** HARAWI  
**Date:** October 1, 2024  
**Time:** 7:30 PM  
**Venue:** Bram Goldsmith Theater, The Wallis Center for Performing Arts, Los Angeles  
**Ticket Price:** $39 - $69  
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**Event Overview:**
Experience the deeply affecting, hour-long song cycle "HARAWI" by Olivier Messiaen, brought to life in a newly physicalized and dramatized dimension. This unique production features members of the AMOC Company, including soprano Julia Bullock, pianist Conor Hanick, and choreographer/dancers Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, under the direction of Zack Winokur.

**Production Highlights:**
- **Musical Performance:** The event showcases Messiaen’s intricate compositions, performed by renowned soprano Julia Bullock and pianist Conor Hanick.
- **Choreography and Dance:** Choreographers and dancers Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber add a physical and dramatic layer to the performance, enhancing the emotional depth of the music.
- **Direction:** Directed by Zack Winokur, the production moves from duet to quartet, exploring the relationship between movement and music, and delving into themes of love and loss.

**Collaboration:**
This production of "HARAWI" is an AMOC production, presented in collaboration with the Ojai Music Festival.

**Safety Information:**
For details on safety protocols, please [read here](#).

Join us for an evening of powerful music and movement that connects deeply with the human experience. Secure your tickets now and be part of this extraordinary event at The Wallis.

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Harawi

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

First Prize Winner of the 2022 YCA Susan Wadsworth International Auditions and Finalist in the 2023 Rubinstein Piano Competition, Chaeyoung Park has been praised as a passionate pianist who “does not play a single note without thought or feeling” (New York Concert Review). Embracing a broad range of the classical music literature, her programs feature works ranging from the early French Baroque by Rameau, to Beethoven sonatas, to new music by living composers including South Korean classical composer Unsuk Chin. Through Park’s various roles as a recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist, she has performed at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, Bravo! Vail Music Festival, Tongyeong International Music Festival, Ravinia’s Bennett Gordon Hall and Symphony Center’s Orchestra Hall.

Chaeyoung Park, piano

Experience the electrifying duo of Grammy-winning cellist, Zuill Bailey and acclaimed pianist, Awadagin Pratt. 

Autumn Classics: Anchorage Subscription Concert 6 - Zuill Bailey & Awadagin Pratt

Fine Arts Building

HARAWI realizes Olivier Messiaen’s deeply affecting, hour-long song cycle for voice and piano in new physical and dramatic dimensions, featuring soprano Julia Bullock, pianist Conor Hanick, choreographer/dancers Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, with direction by Zack Winokur. Moving from duet to quartet, this production breaks open Messiaen’s cycle, connects movement to music, and grapples with the intensity of love and loss.

Harawi California Tour

 University of California, Santa Barbara

Cal Performances

The Walls Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

Join us for an unforgettable evening as Cal Performances presents the West Coast Premiere of Olivier Messiaen's "Harawi" by the American Modern Opera Company. This profound performance is scheduled for September 27, 2024, at 8:00 pm, taking place in the prestigious Zellerbach Hall.

"Harawi" is an hour-long song cycle for voice and piano, brought to life in a newly physicalized and dramatized dimension. This production features the exceptional talents of soprano Julia Bullock, pianist Conor Hanick, and choreographer/dancers Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, under the visionary direction of Zack Winokur. Together, they explore the intricate relationship between movement and music, delving into the themes of love and loss that resonate through Messiaen's work.

This event is a highlight of Cal Performances' Illuminations: Fractured History programming for the 2024-25 season, offering a unique blend of music, dance, and drama. Leadership support for Julia Bullock's residency, which makes this performance possible, is generously provided by Michael P. N. A. Hormel.

Tickets for this transformative experience start at $36, with season subscriptions available now and single tickets going on sale on August 6, noon. Don't miss your chance to witness the magic of "Harawi" and be part of a night that promises to be as enlightening as it is entertaining.

Olivier Messiaen’s Harawi

We are sorry to announce that due to illness Jonny Greenwood (ondes martenot, tanpura, electric guitar) is no longer able to take part in the above concert. The programme and line-up of artists for this concert have therefore changed. Daniel Pioro (violin) will now be joined by Liam Byrne (viol) and Jonas Nordberg (lute), and the programme will be as below.

Daniel Pioro violin; Liam Byrne viol; Jonas Nordberg lute

Wigmore Hall

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Baden-Baden

Pfalzbau Ludwigshafen

Mehana Sufi Ellis performs her own piece, Le Gui de Mont Saint-Michel and Ravel’s La Valse

Noon Concert: Piano Recital

A Musical Feast – Free

Lincoln City Cultural Center

A Saturday Soiree

With the passage of time, artists can disappear into obscurity while some emerge as immortal. The American George Crumb, who passed away in 2022, is undoubtedly in the pantheon of composers whose legacies are eternal. In this program, his cataclysmic Black Angels, a passionately anti-war statement for amplified string quartet, balances Olivier Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time), a devoutly spiritual, mystical work composed in a prisoner of war camp. And to open, J. S. Bach consecrates the concert hall with two of his most deeply felt, final works.

Concert Program Vii Renascence (livestream)

Online

Concert Program Vii Renascence

Stent Family Hall 

Menlo School Campus

The composer and critic Virgil Thomson described Olivier 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 BBC Philharmonic 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 Gorgeous Nothings, written specially for the Proms, is the composer’s response to the ‘spellbinding wordsmithery’ of American poet Emily Dickinson, scored for orchestra, amplified voices and real-time electronic processing.

Prom 15: Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony

Royal Albert Hall

The stars align for the final concert of our Summer Festival celebrating Beethoven’s profound influence on the evolution of music. Messiaen’s transcendent Interstellar Call and Ravel’s heroic and nearly orchestral Piano Trio capture both the grace and power he brought to music. Beethoven’s masterfully entertaining Septet in E-flat Major—arguably, the greatest septet ever written—expresses his exquisite wit and joy. Don’t miss this exciting Summer Festival finale!

FESTIVAL FINALE: Celestial Virtuosity

Reed College

Messiaen composed his masterpiece Quartet for the End of Time while imprisoned in a German POW camp. The unusual combination of instruments resulted from the players who were available to him. Both intimate and epic, the work is full of the bird songs which fascinated the composer throughout his life, and also expresses the depth of his faith under the most trying of circumstances.

Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time

Aspen Meadows Resort

Music by Schubert, Beethoven, Razaz, Messiaen, and Rachmaninov. True passion requires patience, and this program explores patient passion and how it has been translated into music.

Patient Passion

All Saints' Episcopal Church

The group is made up of Australian clarinetist Magdalenna Krstevska, Dutch cellist Jobine Siekman, and South African pianist Roelof Temmingh.

Delphine Trio with Maja Horvat

St John's Church Buxton

Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time is “one of the most thrilling and influential compositions in chamber music,” describes DSO Assistant Concertmaster Hai-Xin Wu. Written and premiered in a prison-of-war camp during the early days of the Second World War, the French composer, inspired by his belief, found resources in such a dark place to create a brilliant and enduring masterpiece.

Quartet for the End of Time

Genesis Ann Arbor

Mind-bending and transcendent, our season finale carries us off on a luxurious magic carpet of sounds, and some of the greatest showmen in music, with Richard Wagner. The mythical other worlds he created have inspired countless film scores and fantasy novels. Wagner’s orchestral songs are a rare chance to hear him in miniature. French composer Messiaen beams down a smile on a world of spiritual glory. It’s a place which vibrates with rainbow colours and mystery. The calm before the storm of Berlioz’s Fantastic Symphony, music which does more than it says on the tin. Come and hear the BBC Philharmonic in glorious technicolour as we whip up dreams, passions, and devilish visions from Berlioz‘s intoxicating Romantic stupor. A thrilling end to our concert season.

Ending on a High

This festival features four new commissioned pieces by young composers in Oklahoma!

2024 Summer Festival - The Art of Creation - World Premieres

First Baptist Church of Oklahoma City

Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) soloists on the International Artist Diploma course perform under the batons of RNCM student conductors with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. This afternoon will no doubt be a defining experience at the start of their already illustrious careers.

RNCM International Artist Diploma finals

MediaCityUK

In January 1941, 40,000 French prisoners lived in the STALAG VIIIA camp in Görlitz, among them the composer Olivier Messiaen. He finished his Quatuor pour la fin du Temps there under almost unimaginable conditions and performed it for the first time with three other fellow prisoners. »The audience was a very diverse mix of all walks of life – rural workers, auxiliaries, intellectuals, professional soldiers, doctors and clergy. “Never again have they listened to me with such attention and understanding as they did then,” the composer later recalled. As it says in a documentary by ARTE: »The first performance was attended by about 400 listeners. Starving, freezing people, far from their homeland – in the Silesian no man's land fascinated by this so strange, crystalline, transcendent music.« There are some chamber music works of the twentieth century for which you don't have to be a specialist in new music to be deeply touched by them. They push the doors to other dimensions wide open, lead us into other spheres of consciousness. This includes Messiaen's spiritual Quatuor pour la fin du temps , but it also includes Bartók's magnificent Trio Contrasts , written just over a year before Messiaen's quartet. How Bartók translates the old Hungarian verbunkos dance into the tonal language of the 20th century, how he fuses elements of jazz and new music, how he assigns instruments their own contrasting roles – this is still new, exciting, moving today. The great jazz clarinetist had commissioned the work from Béla Bartók shortly before his emigration to America. Two works by exiles, prisoners, which still grip us today as if they were written only yesterday – in a way that only great chamber music can! In between, the piano trio by Leonard Bernstein, the composer of West Side Story , written a year earlier than Bartók's Contrasts: a youthful work, a wild and yet compelling mix in which Bernstein takes us on a trip through counterpoint and atonality, through Gypsy style and jazz, through zones of calm and breathless chase.

To the End of Time

Beethoven-Haus Bonn

Horn player Hayley Tonner concludes her studies in the soloist class at the Jutland Music Conservatory with this concert. The soloist class is the highest level at the conservatory.

Debut concert – Hayley Tonner, horn

Musikhuset Aarhus

Join us for an enchanting evening of piano music as Emma Truong, a talented Bachelor of Music student under the tutelage of Sylvia Wang, takes the stage at the Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall. This recital, scheduled for Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at 6:00pm CDT, promises to be a memorable showcase of Emma's virtuosity and passion for music.

The program for the evening includes a selection of pieces that span a range of emotions and styles, highlighting the depth and versatility of the piano repertoire. Audiences will be treated to Claude Debussy's "Étude No. 8 Pour les agréments" and "La cathédrale engloutie" from Préludes, Book I, showcasing Debussy's impressionistic touch. The recital will also feature Franz Liszt's introspective "Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude" from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, and Olivier Messiaen's evocative "Première communion de la Vierge" and "Alouette calandrelle" from his respective works, offering a glimpse into Messiaen's unique musical language.

Further enriching the program, Emma will perform Amy Beach's "Hermit Thrush," Op. 92, and Florence Price's "Clouds," pieces that reflect the composers' deep connection with nature and the American musical landscape. The recital will also include "mountain and bird" by Leo Discenza and Vítězslava Kaprálová's "Dubnová preludia (April Preludes), Op. 13," adding a contemporary and international flavor to the evening.

This event is free and open to the public, with no tickets required. It will also be available via live stream for those who cannot attend in person. The Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall, located at 70 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL, offers a stunning setting for this recital, with its state-of-the-art acoustics and breathtaking views of Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline.

Don't miss this opportunity to experience the artistry of Emma Truong and the beauty of piano music in one of the most acoustically and aesthetically pleasing venues in the region.

Emma Truong, piano

Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall

Student and Senior Discount Tickets Available at the Box Office

Hayoung Choi, Cello

Join us for an enchanting evening of clarinet music featuring Wei-Huai Chen, a talented Master of Music student at the Northwestern Bienen School of Music. This recital, part of the student recitals series, showcases Wei-Huai's exceptional skills under the guidance of esteemed instructors Stephen Williamson and Todd Levy. Accompanied by Jonah Stuckey on clarinet and Ke Wang on piano, the program promises a diverse and captivating selection of works.

**Date & Time:** Monday, May 13, 2024, at 8:30 PM CDT

**Location:** Regenstein Master Class Room, Bienen School of Music, 60 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, United States

**Program Highlights:**
- Béla Kovács: Hommage à C. Debussy
- Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du Temps (Quartet for the End of Time)
- Jean Françaix: Tema con variazioni (Theme and Variations)
- Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 120, No. 2
- Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Two Clarinets

This event is free and open to the public, with no tickets required. For those unable to attend in person, a live stream will be available, ensuring you don't miss out on this remarkable performance.

The Regenstein Master Class Room, situated in the Regenstein Hall of Music adjacent to the Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, offers an intimate setting for this musical journey. With seating for 200, it provides the perfect atmosphere for an evening of exquisite clarinet music.

Don't miss this opportunity to support emerging talent and experience the beauty of classical and contemporary clarinet repertoire performed by Wei-Huai Chen and colleagues.

Wei-Huai Chen, clarinet

Northwestern Bienen School of Music

Pianist Yuja Wang is one of the foremost musicians of our time, and she continues to reach new heights as a performer and programmer. In the first half of her spring 2024 Carnegie Hall recital, she performs piano works composed during the early– and mid–20th century by Messiaen, Scriabin, and Debussy. Wang then turns her attention to Chopin’s Ballades, a collection of four single-movement compositions that are among the most revered in the solo piano repertoire

Yuja Wang, Piano

Von Liebe und Erleuchtung kündet dieses Forum N des hr-Sinfonieorchesters Frankfurt rund um die große »Mystikerin« der musikalischen Avantgarde Sofia Gubaidulina, aber auch von Düsternis und Hass. Der Glaube ist das zentrale Thema im Leben und in der Musik Gubaidulinas, die sich 1970 russisch-orthodox taufen ließ. Ihre Verbundenheit mit dem göttlichen Kosmos prägt ihr gesamtes Schaffen und offenbart sich in zahlreichen religiös inspirierten Werktiteln. So auch in »Der Zorn Gottes«, ihrem 2020 uraufgeführten »grandios apokalyptischen Orchesterwerk« (Süddeutsche Zeitung), in dem sich Gubaidulina mit dem Thema des Jüngsten Gerichts auf ein immer wieder auftauchendes Motiv der Bibel bezieht und dieses klanggewaltig in Szene setzt. Zuvor widmet sich die lettische Violinistin Baiba Skride Gubaidulinas 3. Violinkonzert »Dialog: Ich und Du«, das vom gleichnamigen Buch Martin Bubers aus dem Jahr 1923 inspiriert wurde. Unter der Leitung des Franzosen Maxime Pascal treten die beiden Kompositionen Gubaidulinas dabei in Beziehung zu Olivier Messiaens leuchtendem Orchesterwerk »L’Ascension« über die Himmelfahrt Christi und zur kompositorischen Strenge der Sinfonie in drei Sätzen von Igor Strawinsky.

Love and Hate

Bertramstraße 8

A magical repertoire for this unusual line-up has so far remained almost undiscovered. It often comes to light in the spring during Lent, when Johann Sebastian Bach has arias for soprano accompanied by just a flute in his oratorios. In the 14th Wilhelmsbad Chamber Concert, however, purely French compositions are heard: with spotted pastel pictures before our eyes and twittering birds and a jubilant soprano in our ears, the program “La Flute Chantante” glitters into spring. The musicians are:

14th Wilhelmsbad Chamber Concert

Comoedienhaus Wilhelmsbad

The Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble utilizes a flexible instrumentation of winds, brass, and percussion to perform repertoire from standard concert band works to contemporary compositions of various instrumental combinations. 

Olivier Messiaen

Composer

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