Composer of the Week

Donald Macleod and biographer Nigel Simeone explore Messiaen's final works, written after he had completed what he thought would be his final work - his huge opera based on the life of St Francis of Assisi. La resurrection du Christ (Livre du Saint Sacrament) Jennifer Bate (organ) Unicorn-Kanchana DKPCD 9067-8 CD1 - Tr 10 Petites esquisses d'oiseaux Peter Hill (piano) Unicorn-Kanchana DKPCD 9144 - Trs 4-9 Eclairs sur l'au-dela (excerpts) Orchestre de l'Opera Bastille Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) DG 439 929-2 - Trs 9-11 Un sourire Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Marek Janowski (conductor) RCA 09026615202 - Tr 1.