Name: Sir Simon Rattle Conducts: Turangalîla & Betsy Jolas
Start: 2023-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Barbican Centre

Organization

Soprano

Faustine De Monès

Conductor

Simon Rattle

Instrumentalist

Cynthia Millar

Ondes Martenot

Peter Donohoe

Piano

London Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

Sir Simon Rattle Conducts: Turangalîla & Betsy Jolas

London

United Kingdom

Barbican Centre

Barbican Concert Hall

Sir Simon Rattle Conducts: Turangalîla & Betsy Jolas: Ces Belles Années... Jolas (+1 More)

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Private

Ces Belles Années...

Turangalîla-Sinfonie

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Sir Simon Rattle ends his final concert as LSO music director with Messiaen’s mind-blowing Turangalîla-Symphonie – an explosion of passionate emotion and ear-tingling sound.

Imagine a starburst of love on a cosmic scale. Now add a colossal orchestra, an unstoppable pianist and a vintage electronic instrument straight out of science fiction, and you’re still not even half-way to imagining Messiaen’s mind-boggling Turangalîa-Symphonie. Betsy Jolas’ music is more understated – but it still packs a tremendous emotional punch.

So what happier way for Sir Simon Rattle to bring down the curtain on his years as Music Director of the LSO, before he takes up the role of Conductor Emeritus? He’s joined by two of his oldest musical friends – pianist Peter Donohoe and ondes-martenot player Cynthia Millar – who also happen to be two of Messiaen’s supreme living interpreters. And with a new work from Betsy Jolas, he’s going out as he came in, with one eye fixed confidently on the future.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble