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  • Axiom Ensemble’s take on Messiaen Reviews

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    Image via Wikipedia From the NY Times: The stars that govern music must have been aligned exactly 100 years ago. Olivier Messiaen was born in Avignon, France, on Dec. 10, 1908. The next day Elliott Carter was born in New York. Messiaen died at 83 in 1992, composing until the end, still playing the organ…