L5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall
Conference: Contemporary Music and Spirituality
Friday, 1 February
Exploring why and how composers such as Poulenc and Stockhausen have sought to convey spiritual expression through music.
£7
L5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall
Conference: Contemporary Music and Spirituality
Saturday, 2 February
Exploring why and how composers such as Penderecki, Part, Schnittke, John Adams and Tavener have sought to convey spiritual expression through music.
£7
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Saturday, 2 February
This world-leading ensemble with Festival Director Pierre-Laurent Aimard perform From the Canyons to the Stars, Olivier Messiaen's musical vision of the American West.
£22 £17 £13 £8
Purcell Room
Meeting Messiaen: Discussion
Saturday, 2 February
With Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Artistic Director of the festival, and composer George Benjamin.
Admission free
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Messiaen Study Day with Nash Ensemble Performance
Sunday, 3 February
A study day exploring Messiaen's mystical and spiritual piece written when he was interned in a German prison camp.
£7 £9 £11 £14 £15 £18 £22
Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
Nash Ensemble - Late
Sunday, 3 February
An atmospheric late night performance of Messiaen’s powerful Quartet for the End of Time.
£7
Royal Academy of Music
Royal Academy of Music students
Monday, 4 February
Performing Messiaen’s vast and exotic Catalogue d’oiseaux (Catalogue of Birds) for solo piano.
£6 £4 (concessions)
Royal Academy of Music
Soundbox
Tuesday, 5 February
An exploration of Messiaen’s lesser-known chamber music, including the recently published Fantaisie for violin and piano.
Admission free
Royal Academy of Music
Royal Academy of Music students
Wednesday, 6 February
Two works from the 1930s celebrating Messiaen’s domestic happiness.
£6 £4 (concessions)
Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra
Thursday, 7 February
An eclectic mix of influences from Wagnerian themes of love, bell-like sonorities of Javanese gamelan and jazzy Gershwin-like elements.
£38 £29 £23 £18 £14 £11 £8 Premium seats £45
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