MESSIAEN'S ET EXSPECTO
Performers
- Nicholas Daniel
- conductor
- Britten Sinfonia
- Sinfonia Smith Square
- Choir of Merton College, Oxford
- Benjamin Nicholas
- conductor
Programme
- Stravinsky
- Symphonies of Wind Instruments (9')
- Poulenc
- Timor et Tremor; Vinea mea electa (7’)
- Durufle
- Ubi caritas et amor (2')
- Poulenc
- Tristis est anima mea (3’)
- Stravinsky
- Mass (18')
- Messiaen
- Vocalise-etude (3’)
O Sacrum Convivium (4’)
Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum (30')
Nicholas Daniel conducts Britten Sinfonia and Sinfonia Smith Square in Messiaen's monumental Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum.
Featuring the massed wind, brass and percussion players of Britten Sinfonia and Sinfonia Smith Square, this programme pivots around Messiaen’s gigantic, and rarely performed, tribute to the dead of two World Wars. With forces uniquely coloured by a vast array of cowbells, gongs and tam tams, the stark monoliths of sound summon a mighty sense of awe that makes Et Exspecto a bucket-list concert experience.
This concert is Nicholas Daniel’s final performance with Britten Sinfonia in the post of Principal Oboe - one he has held since being one of the founding members of the orchestra in 1992 – and it serves as a celebration of his distinguished work and long-standing relationship with the orchestra.
Messiaen's Heavy Metal
Percussionist Owen Gunnell demonstrates the huge number of instruments at play in Messiaen's monumental Et exspecto
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