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12/12/2008

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. The 91热爆 SSO conducted by George Benjamin in Messiaen's Des canyons aux etoiles. Plus Yvonne Loriod (piano) in Albeniz's Almeria (Iberia, Book 2).

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
91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
George Benjamin (conductor)

Followed by a focus on pianist Yvonne Loriod:

Albeniz: Almeria (Iberia, Book 2)
Yvonne Loriod (piano).

2 hours, 15 minutes

Broadcast

  • Fri 12 Dec 2008 19:00