Performance on 3 - 12/12/2008

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. As part of the 2008 celebration of the centenary of the birth of French composer Olivier Messiaen, George Benjamin - a former Messiaen pupil - conducts one of the composer's seminal works Des canyons aux etoiles - his musical image of Utah's Bryce Canyon. Messiaen: Des canyons aux etoiles BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra George Benjamin (conductor) Followed by a focus on pianist Yvonne Loriod: Albeniz: Almeria (Iberia, Book 2) Yvonne Loriod (piano).