Today is Messiaen's centenary!
I just couldn't choose a piece of his on Youtube to celebrate here - there's a shortage of first-class footage and questionable online sound quality does Messiaen few favours. Instead here is the man himself talking to his analysis class at the Paris Conservatoire about the work he described as his greatest influence: Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande.
3 comments:
Oh, he's gorgeous! What a lovely man as well as musician! Wish I could have studied with him.
Thanks for sharing this very good video. And happy birthday to Mr Messiean who's certainly watching us from up there...
Thank you for sharing this. What a wonderful insight it provides into Messiaen's teaching methods! When one thinks of all the great musicians who studied under him... And it is always a joy to hear even a snatch of 'Pelléas', let alone via Messiaen's own 'composer's voice'!
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