Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Rhythm of Life: Kirill Karabits conducts Messiaen's Turangalila-symphonie

Rhythm of Life: Kirill Karabits conducts the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Bizet's Symphony in C and Messiaen's Turangalila-symphonie.

Live from the Lighthouse, Poole

Presented by Martin Handley

Rhythm of Life: Kirill Karabits conducts the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Bizet and Messiaen.

Bizet: Symphony in C

8.05: Interval

Messiaen: Turangal卯la-symphonie

Cynthia Millar, Ondes Martinot
Steven Osborne, piano
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Karabits, conductor

In Turangal卯la, named from two Sanskrit words, turanga and l卯la, meaning roughly 'time' and 'love', Messiaen wanted to create a "love song and hymn of joy, time, movement, rhythm, life, and death." This inventive piece is like no other - a work of huge structural scope that strives to convey, from most tender to most wild, its basic theme: love.

By contrast, written in a single month, Bizet's polished gem of a symphony is remarkable not so much for its originality, but for its skilful reworking of others' designs. It is a brilliant work that shows a grasp of unity and overall design that was remarkable for a seventeen-year old composer.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 4 Oct 2017 19:30
91热爆 Radio 3

More episodes

Previous

91热爆 Philharmonic, Mena: Mahler Symphony No 3

Next

Mirga Gra啪inyt臈-Tyla conducts the CBSO

See all episodes from Radio 3 in Concert

Recipes

See all recipes from Rhythm of Life: Kirill Karabits conducts Messiaen's Turangalila-symphonie

Music and featured items

  • Part 1

    Duration: 33:36

  • Georges Bizet

    Symphony in C

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.

  • Interval

    Duration: 18:33

  • Franz Schubert

    Variations on an original theme in A flat major, D 813

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Franz Schubert Piano Duets; Steven Osbourne / Paul Lewis.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Part 2

    Duration: 01:32:23

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Turangal卯la Symphony

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.

  • Post-comcert

    Duration: 08:27

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    L'Heure Exquise arr. violin & piano

    Performer: Nathalia Milstein. Performer: Maria Milstein.
    • The Vinteuil Sonata.
    • Mirare.
    • MIR384.

Credit

Performer Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Wed 4 Oct 2017 19:30
    91热爆 Radio 3

Gallery