Messiaen Concerts 2008
(all works by Olivier Messiaen unless otherwise stated)

 

UK

2 February 2008
Des Canyons aux etoiles (Leduc)
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Susanna Malkki, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

4 February 2008
Le Bouscarle (Catalogue d'oiseaux) (Leduc)
Le Courlis cendre (Catalogue d'oiseaux) (Leduc)
Royal Academy of Music Students
Royal Academy of Music
Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

6 February 2008
Theme et variations for violin and piano (Leduc)
Royal Academy of Music Students
Royal Academy of Music
Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

8 February 2008
La Ville d'en haut for piano & orchestra (Leduc)
L'Ascension - 4 meditations symphoniques (Leduc)
Susanna Malkki, conductor
Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra
Royal Academy of Music
Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

12 February 2008
Le Merle bleu (Catalogue d'oiseaux) (Leduc)
Andre Jolivet: Chant de Linos (Leduc)
Le Merle noir for flute and piano (Leduc)
Royal Academy of Music Students
Purcell Room
Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

15 February 2008
Un Vitrail et des oiseaux (Leduc)
Tristan Murail: L'Esprit des dunes (Lemoine) *UK Premiere
Pierre-Andre Valade, conductor
Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble
Royal Academy of Music
Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

17 February 2008
Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (Leduc)
Peter Eotvos, conductor
London Sinfonietta
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

18 February 2008
Le Loriot (Catalogue d'oiseaux) (Leduc)
Dominic Wheeler, conductor
Royal Academy of Music Students
Royal Academy of Music
Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

February 2008
Diana Burrell: Umbra (UMP) *World Premiere
Livre d'orgue (Leduc)
Ilya Kudryavtsev, organ
Royal Academy of Music Students
St Marylebone Parish Church
Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

20 February 2008
Le Banquet celeste for organ (Leduc)
Prelude for organ (Leduc)
Verset pour la fete de la dedicace (Leduc)
Monodie (Leduc)
Offrande au Saint-Sacrement (Leduc)
Offrande et alleluia final (Livre du Saint Sacrement) (Leduc)
David Titterington, organ
St Marylebone Parish Church
Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

22 February 2008
Apparition de l'eglise eternelle (Lemoine)
La Nativite du Seigneur (Leduc)
Olivier Latry, organ
St Marylebone Parish Church
Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

22 February 2008
Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (Leduc)
BBC Philharmonic;
James MacMillan , conductor
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

1 May 2008
L'Ascension - 4 meditations symphoniques (Leduc)
Westminster Abbey Choir
James O'Donnell, director
Westminster Abbey
Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

May 17 2008
Messe de la Pentecote (Leduc)
Dame Gillian Weir
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

20-24 June 2008
Messiaen 2008 - International Centenary Conference
Birmingham Conservatoire

15 July 2008
Meditations sur le mystere de la Sainte Trinite (Leduc)
Dame Gillian Weir, organ
Westminster Abbey
Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

July 2008
Verset pour la fete de la dedicace (Leduc)
L'Ascension - 4 meditations symphoniques (Leduc)
James O'Donnell, organ
Westminster Abbey
Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

6 October 2008
Charles Cole, organ
Organist Charles Cole performs works by Messiaen.
Brompton Oratory
Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

13 October 2008
John McGreal, organ
Organist John McGreal performs works by Messiaen.
Brompton Oratory
Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

16 October 2008
La Transfiguration de notre seigneur Jesus-Christ for chorus & orchestra (Leduc)
Kent Nagano, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Choir to be advised
soloists to be announced
Philharmonia Orchestra
Royal Festival Hall
Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

17 October 2008
Le Merle de roche (Catalogue d'oiseaux) (Leduc)
Le Traquet rieur (Catalogue d'oiseaux) (Leduc)
Royal Academy of Music Students
Royal Academy of Music
Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

20 October 2008
Patrick Russill, organ
Organist Patrick Russill performs works by Messiaen.
Brompton Oratory
Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

21 October 2008
Chronochromie (Leduc)
George Benjamin, conductor
Philharmonia Orchestra
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

23 October 2008
Petites esquisses d'oiseaux (Leduc)
Royal Academy of Music Students
Royal Academy of Music
Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

23 October 2008
Claude Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune (Jobert)
Sylvain Cambreling, conductor
Philharmonia Orchestra
Royal Festival Hall
Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

27 October 2008
Le Livre du Saint Sacrement for organ (Leduc)
David Titterington, organ
Brompton Oratory
Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

Messiaen Centenary Concert
10 December 2008
Couleurs de la cite celeste for piano, wind & percussion (Leduc)
7 Haikai for piano & orchestra (Leduc)
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Pierre Boulez, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Roayl Festival Hall
Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

 

Overseas

6 January 2008
Thème et variations (Leduc)
Alban Beikircher, violin
Anthony Spiri, piano
Philharmonie, Essen, Germany

10 January 2008
Chronochromie (Leduc)
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal;
Kent Nagano, director
Salle Pommack de l'Ecole de musique Schulich de l'Université McGill-Montréal, Canada

17 January 2008
Eclairs sur l'Au-dela (Leduc)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra;
ngo Metzmacher, director
Musikverein, Vienna , Austria

18 January 2008
Chronochromie (Leduc)
Duisburger Philharmoniker;
Jonathan Darlington, director
Philharmonie Essen , Germany

18 and 20 January 2008
Eclairs sur l'Au-dela (Leduc)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra;
Ingo Metzmacher, director
Musikverein, Vienna , Austria

21 January 2008
Eclairs sur l'Au-dela (Leduc)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra;
Ingo Metzmacher, director
Brucknerhaus, Linz , Austria

19 January 2008
L'Ascension (Leduc)
The Florida Orchestra;
Stefan Sanderling, conductor
Mahaffey Theater, St Petersburg, Florida
and January 20: Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida, USA

20 January 2008
Des Canyons aux étoiles (Leduc)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège;
Pascal Rophé, director
Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, piano
Salle Philharmonique-Liège, Belgium

20 January 2008
Le Merle noir (Leduc)
Les Musiciens du Concert Impromptu:
Yves Charpentier, flute
Jean-Christophe Murer, clarinet
Bruno Belthoise, piano
Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne, France

20 January 2008
Une heure avec Olivier Messiaen
Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne , France

22 January 2008
excerpts from Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité (Leduc)
Livre du Saint Sacrament (Leduc)
Messe de la Pentecôte (Leduc)
L'Ascension (Leduc)
Leo van Doeselaar, organ
Gregor Horsch, cello
Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer, clarinet
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam , Holland

24 - 17 January 2008
L'Ascension (Leduc)
The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra;
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
Davies Hall, San Francisco, USA

24 - 27 January 2008
L'Ascension (Leduc)
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano
Auditorium di Milano, Milan , Italy

30 January 2008
Messe de la Pentecôte (Leduc)
Bernard Foccroulle, organ
The Philharmonie, Luxembourg

31 January 2008
Des canyons aux etoiles... (Leduc)
Ensemble Intercontemporain;
Susanna Malkki, conductor
Jean-Christophe Vervoitte, horn
Samuel Favre, xylophone
Michel Cerutti, glockenspiel
Hideki Nagano, piano
Salle des concerts Paris, France

3 February 2008
L'Ascension (Leduc)
Olivier Latry, organ
Walt Disney Hall, Los Angeles , USA

5 February 2008
Theme et Variations (Leduc)
Le Merle noir (Leduc)
Solistes de l'Ensemble Intercontemporain
amphitheatre Cité de la Musique Paris , France

6 February 2008
Couleurs de la Cité celeste (Leduc)
Accentus Chamber Choir;
Laurence Equilbey, conductor
Ars Nova ensemble
Salle des concerts Cité de la Musique Paris, France

14 February 2008
L'Ascension (Leduc)
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra;
Marc Soustrot, conductor
Konserthuset, Stockholm , Sweden

17 February 2008
La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ (Leduc)
Students of Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf;
Soloists Landesjugendorchester Nordrhein-Westfalen;
Percussionensemble "Splash";
Raimund Wippermann, conductor
Philharmonie Essen, Germany

6, 7, 8 March 2008
Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (Leduc)
Cleveland Orchestra;
Franz-Welser Most, conductor
Severance Hall, Cleveland Ohio, USA

9 March 2008
Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (Leduc)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande;
Marek Janowski, director
Lucerne, Switzerland

13 March 2008
L'Ascension (Leduc)
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris;
Arie van Beek, director
Cité de la musique, Paris , France

14 March 2008
L'Ascension (Leduc)
Olivier Latry, organ
The Conservatoire de Paris, Paris, France

16 March 2008
Catalogue d'oiseaux (Selection) (Leduc)
Alexandre Tharaud, Bernhard Wambach, Håkon Austbø, pianos
Philharmonie Essen , Germany

18 March 2008
Les corps glorieux (Leduc)
Prélude (Leduc)
Monodie (Leduc)
Offrande au Saint-Sacrement (1930–35) (Leduc)
Thierry Mechler, organ
Kölner Philharmonie , Germany

23 March 2008
Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (Leduc)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin;
Ingo Metzmacher, conductor
Philharmonie , Berlin , Germany

27 and 28 March 2008
Des Canyons aux etoiles (Leduc)
Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa;
Marc Soustrot, conductor
Patricia Azanza, piano
Juan Manuel Gomez, horn
Jabi Alonso, xylorimba
Auditorium of The Euskalduna Palace, Bilbao , Spain

28 March 2008
Éclairs dur l'au-delà (Leduc)
Neue Philharmonie Westfalen;
Heiko Mathias Förster, conductor
Philharmonie Essen , Germany

2 April 2008
Sept Haikai (Leduc)
Ensemble Intercontemporain;
Susanna Malkki, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Salle des concerts Cite de la Musique Paris, France

4 April 2008
Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum (Leduc)
L'Ascension (Leduc)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France;
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France

5 April 2008
Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum (Leduc)
L'Ascension (Leduc)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France;
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
The Salle des Princes, Monaco

9 April 2008
Couleurs de la Cite Celeste (Leduc)
New Creations Festival;
Peter Oundjian, conductor and host
Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor
Toronto Symphony
Peter Serkin, conductor
Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada

9 April 2008
Un Sourire (Leduc)
Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (Leduc)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande;
Marek Janowski, conductor
Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland

10 April 2008
Un Sourire (Leduc)
Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (Leduc)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande;
Marek Janowski, conductor
Theatre de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland

11 April 2008
Eclairs sur l'au-dela (Leduc)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France;
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
Salle Pleyel, Paris , France

11 April 2008
La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ (Leduc)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra;
Sakari Or amo, conductor
Jouko Laivuori, piano
EMO Ensemble SonorEnsemble
Akateeminen Laulu, conductor
Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland

13 April 2008
Catalogue d'oiseaux (Leduc)
Anna Christensson, Love Derwinger, Carl-Axel Dominique, Oskar Ekberg, Bengt Forsberg, Anders Kilstrom, Marten Landstrom, Roland Pontinen, Staffan Scheja, Kristine Scholz, Martin Sturfalt, Fredrik Ullen; pianos
Grunewaldsalen, Stockholm Festival Olivier Messiaen 2008, Sweden

21 April 2008
Le merle noir (Leduc)
Sharon Bezaly, flute
Ronald Brautig, piano
Concertgebouw Kleine Zaal, Amsterdam, Holland

27 April 2008
Prelude (Leduc)
Le merle noir (Petites esquisses d'oiseaux) (Leduc)
Leden van het Koninklijk Concertgebouwest;
Marta Bon, piano
Kleine Zaal, Amsterdam, Holland

3 May 2008
Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (Leduc)
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg;
Sylvain Cambreling, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Freiburg, Konzerthaus, Rolf Bohme Saal, Germany

3 – 6 May 2008
Couleurs de la Cite Celeste (Leduc)
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia;
Kazushi Ono, conductor
Santa Cecilia Hall, Rome, Italy

4 May 2008
Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (Leduc)
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiberg;
Sylvain Cambreling, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Grosser Saal Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany

9 May 2008
Le Banquet céleste (Leduc)
L'Ascension (Leduc)
Messe de la Pentecôte (Leduc)
Olivier Latry, organ
Kölner Philharmonie, Germany

15 May 2008
Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinite (Leduc)
Almut Rößler, organ
Kölner Philharmonie, Germany

17 - 18 - 19 May 2008
L'Ascension (Leduc)
Oregon Symphony Orchestra;
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Arlene Schnitzer Hall, Oregon, USA

22 May 2008
Livre du Saint Sacrement (1984) (Leduc)
Hans Ola Ericsson, organ
Kölner Philharmonie, Germany

28 May
Theme et Variations (Leduc)
members of The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Doelen Eduard Flipse Zaal, Rotterdam, Holland

30 May 2008
Un sourire (Leduc)
RSO-Wien;
Bertrand de Billy, conductor
Musikverein, Vienna, Austria

1 June 2008
Sept Haikai (Leduc)
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie;
Hans Zender, conductor
Stefan Litwin, piano
Congreshalle, Saarbrucken, Germany

June 2008
Saint François d´Assise (Leduc)
De Nederlandse Opera;
Ingo Metzmacher, conductor
Het MuziekTheater Amsterdam, Holland

7 June 2008
L'Ascension (Leduc)
Königliches Concertgebouworchester Amsterdam;
Kasushi Ono Dirigent, conductor
Kölner Philharmonie, Germany

5 and 6 June 2008
Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (Leduc)
Orchestre national de France;
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Basilique Saine-Denis, Paris, France

6 June 2008
L'Ascension (Leduc)
Royal Concertgebouw Orch;
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
Concertebouw, Amsterdam, Holland

7 June 2008
L'Ascension (Leduc)
Royal Concertgebouw Orch;
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany

7 June 2008
La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ (Leduc)
Radio Philharmonic Orchestra;
Groot Omroepkoor;
Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Holland

13 and 14 June 2008
Eclairs sur l'Au-dela... (Leduc)
Royal Concertgebouw Orch;
Ingo Metzmacher, conductor
Concertebouw, Amsterdam, Holland

13 June 2008
Couleurs de la Cité Céleste (Leduc)
Orchestre symphonique de la Monnaie;
Myung Whun Chung, director
Jan Michiels, piano
Philharmonie de Luxembourg

15 June 2008
Couleurs de la Cite Celeste (Leduc)
Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie;
Kazushi Ono, conductor
Jan Michiels, piano
Centre for Fine Arts, Henry Le Boeuf Hall, Brussels, Belgium

15 June 2008
Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (Leduc)
L'Ascension (Leduc)
Orchestre National de Lorraine;
Jacques Mercier, director
Norbert Petry, organ
Cathédrale de Metz, France

22 June 2008
Des Canyons aux étoiles (Leduc)
Ensemble Intercontemporain;
Susanna Mälkki, director
Jean-Cristophe Vervoitte, cor
Vincent Bauer, xylophone
Michel Cerruti, glockenspiel
Hidéki Nagano, piano
Athènes, Greece

2 July 2008
La ville d'en-haut (Leduc)
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburn;
Sylvain Cambreling, conductor
Roger Muraro, piano
Freiburg, Konzerthaus, Rolf Bohme Saal, Germany

12 July 2008
Couleurs de la Cité Céleste (Leduc)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France;
Myung-Whun Chung, Maîtrise de Radio
France Roger Muraro, piano
Valérie Hartman-Claverie, ondes martenot, piano
"Messiaen au pays de la Meije" Festival, France

14 July 2008
Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (Leduc)
Orchestre régional de Cannes - P.A.C.A.
Philippe Bender, director
"Messiaen au pays de la Meije" Festival, France

17 July 2008
Catalogue d'oiseaux (Leduc)
Petites Esquisses d'oiseaux (Leduc)
Peter Hill, piano
"Messiaen au pays de la Meije" Festival, France

17 July 2008
La Transfiguration de notre seigneur Jesus-Christ (Leduc)
Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra;
Hidemi Murase Chorus;
New National Theatre Chorus
Tokyo, Japan

18 July 2008
Harawi (Leduc)
Mireille Delunsch, soprano
Michel Béroff, piano
"Messiaen au pays de la Meije" Festival, France

18 and 19 September 2008
Des Canyons aux étoiles (Leduc)
Ensemble Intercontemporain;
Susanna Mälkki, director
Jean-Cristophe Vervoitte, cor
Vincent Bauer, xylophone
Michel Cerruti, glockenspiel
Hidéki Nagano, piano
Turin, Italy

18 and 19 September 2008
Des Canyons aux étoiles (Leduc)
Ensemble Intercontemporain;
Susanna Mälkki, director
Jean-Cristophe Vervoitte, cor
Vincent Bauer, xylophone
Michel Cerruti, glockenspiel
Hidéki Nagano, piano
Berlin, Germany

12 October 2008
Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (Leduc)
Orchestre National de Lille;
Jean-Claude Casadesus, director
Palais des Beaux Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium

6 November 2008
L'Ascension (Leduc)
Orquestra Gulbenkian;
Simone Young, director
Grande Auditorio, Lisbon, Portugal

7 November 2008
L'Ascension (Leduc)
Orquestra Gulbenkian;
Simone Young, director
Grande Auditorio, Lisbon, Portugal

5 December 2008
L'Ascension (Leduc)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France;
George Benjamin and Myung-Whun Chung, directors
Pierre-Laurent Aimard; piano
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France

7 December 2008
L'Ascension (Leduc)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France;
George Benjamin and Myung-Whun Chung, directors
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Wien Konzerthaus, Austria

13 December 2008
Couleurs de la Cité Céleste (Leduc)
Sept Haikai (Leduc)
Ensemble Intercontemporaine;
Pierre Boulez, director
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Le cargo, Grenoble, France

14 December 2008
Eclairs sur l'Au-Delà (Leduc)
Orchestre du SWR de Freiburg;
Sylvain Cambreling, conductor
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium

25 December 2008
La Nativité du Seigneur (Leduc)
Cathédrale Notre Dame des Doms, France