Turangalîla-Sinfonie by Messiaen, Aπό (2018/2018), αγωγός Vasily Petrenko, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Imagine a 1940s film score, an explosive rhythmic workout, a spectacular piano concerto and a blissed-out hymn to love on a cosmic scale. Now add a super-size orchestra, virtuoso pianist Steven Osborne and a vintage electronic instrument straight out of science fiction. Got all that? Then you’re not even half-way to imagining Messiaen’s mind-boggling Turangalîla Symphony: 80 minutes of music from beyond your wildest dreams, performed by the Orchestra for the first time this millennium. Vasily Petrenko loves it – and he will introduce the concert to tell you why