Performance on 3 - BBC Philharmonic/Reinbert de Leeuw

As part of Radio 3's celebration of the centenary of Olivier Messiaen in 2008, the BBC Philharmonic perform an-all Messiaen programme conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw, a committed advocate of the French composer's music. Featuring Poemes pour Mi, the composer's love-letter to his first wife Claire Delbos, followed by Un sourire, written only a few months before Messiaen died to mark the bicentenary of Mozart's death. The concert ends with his Chronochromie, which merges the Greek words cronos and croma - time and colour - and plays on the interaction between these two in musical terms. Messiaen: Le tombeau resplendissant; Poemes pour Mi; Un sourire; Chronochromie Rosemary Hardy (soprano) BBC Philharmonic Reinbert de Leeuw (conductor) Followed by a focus on pianist Yvonne Loriod: Schumann: Davidsbundlertanze, Op 6 Mozart Fantaisie K.475 Yvonne Loriod (piano)