Messiaen wrote his La nativité du Seigneur (‘The Nativity of the Lord’) in the summer of 1935 while on an extended sojourn to the French Alps. The piece is a series of religious frescos, a ...

This work narrates the Christmas story from the birth of Jesus to the arrival of the wise men (magi or three kings) through a vast collage of colors, textures and ultimately timbres in Messiaen's ...

The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra is joined by conductor Ludovic Morlot, pianist Steven Osborne and horn player Martin Owen for Messiaen's shimmering 'Des canyons aux étoiles...' Show more ...