In a huge orchestral setting with numerous percussion instruments, piano and electronic ondes Martenot, the Beethoven Orchester Bonn performs the epic »Turangalîla Symphony«: Olivier Messiaen’s orgiastic symphony about love and life.
Fri. 22.9.2023
19:30, Opera Bonn
Turangalîla
- Past Event
- € 58 / 48 / 38 / 28 / 18
Contributors
- Beethoven Orchester Bonn
- Tamara Stefanovich piano
- Thomas Bloch ondes Martenot
- Dirk Kaftan conductor
Programme
Olivier Messiaen
»Turangalîla Symphony«
18:45, Oper Bonn, Foyer
Concert introduction
Tilmann Böttcher in conversation with Dirk Kaftan
The concert at at glance
What awaits me?
What is special about the concert?
The »Turangalîla Symphony« is a work that goes beyond all dimensions – a rarely performed key work of modernism.
How does it sound?
Description
It doesn’t quite feel right to call Messiaen’s work for large orchestra a symphony. It is, rather, an epiphany of light, life, sound, colour and jubilation. Inspired by the Tristan legend, the French avant-gardist’s masterpiece is all about love and death. Elements from the classical Indian music tradition are combined with serialism and the mystical sound of the electronic ondes Martenot.