Composer of the Week - Olivier Messiaen
Donald Macleod and biographer Nigel Simeone explore the live and work of French composer and organist Olivier Messiaen
Composer of the Week - Olivier Messiaen - Birth
Donald Macleod and biographer Nigel Simeone explore early influences on the composer, including poetry his mother wrote when pregnant with him as well as family life.
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Composer of the Week - Olivier Messiaen - Episode 3
Donald Macleod explores the works making up Messiaen's Tristan trilogy, and his gifted student Yvonne Loriod's increasing importance to him in the 1950s.
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Composer of the Week - Olivier Messiaen - Episode 4
Donald Macleod and biographer Nigel Simeone explore nature in Messiaen's music, given the significant presence in it of birdsong and the inspiration it derives from landscape.
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Composer of the Week - Olivier Messiaen - Legacy
Donald Macleod and biographer Nigel Simeone explore Messiaen's final works, his legacy and his status in his centenary year of 2008.
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Composer of the Week - Olivier Messiaen - Paris
Donald Macleod and biographer Nigel Simeone look at Messiaen's life and career in Paris, including his work at the Conservatoire and as organist at the church of La Trinite.
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