Olivier Messiaen - the White Hat guide

Olivier Messiaen
1908 - 1921

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Some forthcoming Australian concerts and performances featuring the music of Messiaen:

Animal Adventures

The Queensland Orchestra with Grace Williams (conductor) perform a concert particularly tailored for primary school students years 3 to 7. Works include:

Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals
Respighi The Birds
Vaughan-Williams The Lark Ascending
Winkler The Kookaburra Who Stole the Moon
Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition
Anderson The Waltzing Cat
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake: Highlights
Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela
Messiaen La merle noir

10am & 11.30am, 22 & 23 October 2008	QPAC, Brisbane -

Fauré Requiem

The West Australian Symphony Orchestra with Thierry Fischer (conductor), Sara Macliver (soprano), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (baritone) and the WASO Chorus perform:

Messiaen Les offrandes oubliées
Ravel Don Quichotte à Dulcinée
Ravel Cinq mélodies populaires grecques
Debussy Nocturnes
Fauré Requiem

8pm, Friday 21 & Saturday 22 November 2008	Perth Concert Hall -

Music for the End of Time

Chamber music performed by players from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Markus Tomasi (violin), Alison Rayner (violin), Matthew Tomkins (violin), Katie Chilmaid (viola), Lauren Brigden (viola), Miranda Brockman (cello), Damien Eckersley (double bass), David Thomas (clarinet) and Elyane Laussade (keyboard) perform:

Mozart Sinfonia Concertainte K.364 (arr. for string sextet)
R.Strauss Capriccio: Prelude for String Sextet
Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time

11am, Sunday 30 November 2008	Iwaki Auditorium -

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