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Tag: Olivier Messiaen

  • A Lifetime of Music Celebrated at Zankel Hall and Kaplan Penthouse

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    The New York Times covers Elliott Carter’s 100th birthday. Among the challenges that Elliott Carter has faced during a long, distinguished career as a composer, popular approval might be the one he least expected to grapple with. “It’s a little bit frightening, because I’m not used to being appreciated,” he explained during an onstage interview…

  • 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…

  • Classical Listings from the New York Times

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    Image via Wikipedia More from the Times. ? AXIOM ENSEMBLE (Saturday) This concert by the Axiom Ensemble — part of the Miller Theater’s Composer Portraits series — promises to be one of the major events in the commemoration of Olivier Messiaen’s centenary this season. With Jeffrey Milarsky conducting, the orchestra performs “Couleurs de la Cité…

  • Olivier Messiaen at 100 at Symphony Space

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    Image via Wikipedia From NYTimes.com: Olivier Messiaen’s centenary celebrations have made his music more plentiful than usual this season, but it’s not as if his works were neglected at other times. Organists play his challenging, visionary music regularly, and if the orchestral works could stand greater exposure, the chamber and vocal scores have become staples…