Music Matters: One Month To Library Of Congress's Olivier Messiaen Centennial Aniversary Celebration

Saturday, October 25, 6:15 p.m.
Library of Congress
(Whittall Pavilion)

Peter Hill, University of Sheffield,
co-author of the definitive Messiaen biography, and
editor of The Messiaen Companion

Pre-concert presentation:
“Messiaen in war and peace: from ‘Vingt regards...’ to ‘Harawi’ and the Tristan trilogy”

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Saturday, October 25, 8 p.m.
Library of Congress
(Coolidge Auditorium)

Christopher Taylor, pianist

Olivier Messiaen
Vingt Regards sur l’enfant Jésus

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Friday, October 31, 7:00 p.m.
Library of Congress
(Pickford Theater)

Film + Reading

Messiaen documentary by Paul Festa:
Apparition of the Eternal Church (2006)
www.apparitionfilm.com

Reading from Paul Festa book OH MY GOD:
Messiaen in the Ear of the Unbeliever
www.apparitionfilm.com/book

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Saturday, November 1, 6:15 p.m.
Library of Congress
(Coolidge Auditorium)

Presented by violinist and filmmaker Paul Festa,
with pianist Jerome Lowenthal

Pre-concert Performance

Performance of all three Messiaen works for violin and piano - the Washington DC premiere of the Fantaisie (just published last year), the Theme and Variations, and the Louange a l'Immortalite de Jesus from the Quartet for the End of Time.

www.paulfesta.com

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Saturday, November 1, 8 p.m.
Library of Congress (Coolidge Auditorium)

Tony Arnold, soprano
Jacob Greenberg, piano

Songs of Love and Death including
Olivier Messiaen’s Harawi song cycle



















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Photo credits: (c) Peking University Chongzuo Biodiversity Research Institute and Basil Childers and the New York Times. 2008. All rights reserved. With thanks.