Concerts
MESSIAEN'S ET EXSPECTO
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Performers
- Nicholas Daniel
- conductor
- Britten Sinfonia
- Sinfonia Smith Square
Programme
- Messiaen
- Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum
- Stravinsky
- Mass; Symphonies of Wind Instruments
- Motets by Duruflé, Poulenc and Messiaen
Nicholas Daniel conducts Britten Sinfonia and Sinfonia Smith Square in Messiaen's monumental Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum.
Principal oboist Nicholas Daniel conducts the massed wind, brass and percussion players of Britten Sinfonia and Sinfonia Smith Square in a programme that 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.
