Discovery Day: Olivier Messiaen

Weill Recital Hall (Seating Chart)
Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 1 PM

Program

Program Notes

Meet the Artists

Program Details

Pierre Boulez, Speaker
Peter Hill, Speaker
Michael Mizrahi, Piano
Elizabeth Joy Roe, Piano
Jeremy Geffen, Host and Moderator

1:00 PM to 5:30 PM 1:00 - 2:00 PM Lecture Peter Hill: Olivier Messiaen in an Age of Change 2:00 - 3:00 PM Film Screening Olivier Messiaen: The Crystal Liturgy (directed by Olivier Mille) 3:00 - 3:30 PM: Break 3:30 - 4:30 PM Interview Jeremy Geffen with Pierre Boulez
4:30 - 5:30 PM Performance Messiaen Visions de l'Amen Michael Mizrahi, Piano Elizabeth Joy Roe, Piano
In the centennial year of Olivier Messiaen's birth, Carnegie Hall explores the life and work of this French master with a Discovery Day of panel discussions, talks, and a film screening. The event will include an interview with composer-conductor Pierre Boulez – a close colleague and former student of Messiaen – and will conclude with a performance of Messiaen's Visions de l'amen for two pianos.
Sound	Insights

Olivier Messiaen: Turangalîla- symphonie

Listen to a guided audio tour through Messiaen’s transcendent tribute to love—his Turangalîla-symphonie.

Watch archival footage from Olivier Mille’s, The Crystal Liturgy: A Portrait of Olivier Messiaen.

Read an appreciation about the life of Olivier Messiaen.