Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra
Resident at Southbank Centre
Thursday 16 October 2008, 7.30pm
Olivier Messiaen La Transfiguration de notre seigneur Jesus-Christ for chorus & orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Kent Nagano conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
Kenneth Smith flute
Karen Stephenson cello
Barnaby Robson
clarinet
David Corkhill percussion
Kevin Hathway percussion
Peter
Fry percussion
BBC Symphony Chorus
Philharmonia Voices
This work was in gestation for seven years and the resulting colossal cantata is of symphonic proportions, requiring an orchestra
of over 100 players, choir and seven soloists. It is one of the largest works Messiaen ever wrote.
Royal Festival
Hall at 6pm: The statue remains on its pedestal: Understanding Messiaen's La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ,
with Dr Christopher Dingle, author of The Life of Messiaen. Admission free.
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