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Explore is a platform for viewing and contributing to creative content around the music and ideas of Olivier Messiaen. Come back and check out Explore as it keeps growing.
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Royal Academy of Music
Birdsong Family Event
Sunday, 10 February
This day of activities for children aged seven and under explored Messiaen's fascination with birdsong.
Royal Festival Hall
Make Origami Birds!
Thursday, 14 February
Help us build our collection of origami birds by adding your own images, videos to our growing flock.
Royal Academy of Music
Synaesthesia and Improvisation
Friday, 15 February
Messiaen's synaesthetic experience of music is the basis for this practical exploration of colour and sound for improvising musicians.
Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
Pianomations
Sunday, 17 February
The premiere screening of a new film created by animation students from Kingston University, accompanied by the London Sinfonietta performing music from Messiaen's `Quartet for the End of Time'.
Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
Messiaen's Magnificent Birds
Thursday, 6 November
This film was the result of music and animation workshops exploring the use of birdsong in Messiaen's music.
Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
Me, Myself, Messiaen and I
Thursday, 6 November
A film exploring Messiaen's synasthaesia by pupils from Holy Trinity Primary School in Lambeth, London.
Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
Dynamic sonic symmetry
Thursday, 6 November
A film created in response to Messiaen's The Quartet for the End of Time by pupils from Kingswood Primary School with artists Robert Worby and Reza Ben Gajra.
Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
Messiaen's Parade of Birds
Thursday, 6 November
Pupils from Jubilee Primary School in Lambeth, London worked with artists Robert Worby and Reza Ben Gajra to make animated films in response to the music of French composer Olivier Messiaen.
Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
Three Movements
Thursday, 6 November
New music created by GCSE Music students from Dunraven Secondary School in Lambeth, London.
animation Birds birdsong chromatic Colour Experiment explore Messiaen mood nature palendrome Quartet for the End of Time Rhythm schools sound symmetry Synaesthesia synasthaesia The Quartet for the End of Tim Wow
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