With a few exceptions, I'm mostly not that fond of what I've heard by Messiaen (nor am I convinced by his attempts to translate birdsong into music or his attempts at portraying religious grace and faith), but man, does he look like he would have been a fun guy to know or have as a teacher! An eccentric in the best sense of the word.
i was one of the lucky ones to be in a performance of MESSIAEN'S TURANGALILA SYMPHONY in Athens several years ago... YVONNE LORIOD was on ONDES MARTENOT... She was old and walked on the stage supported, but ...WHAT A PRESENCE !
@MrLizardisle Yvonne Loriod playing the ondes? Surely it would have been her sister Jeanne, who was the famed exponent of the instrument. As I recall (possibly from Peter Hall and Nigel Simeone's biography of Messiaen), Yvonne did play the ondes - she taught a Japanese pianist well enough to play the Turangalila ondes part for the Japanese premiere - but not publicly. For that matter she was also a prolific composer, understandably now overshadowed in this regard by her husband!
@petezilla i think if you check out the music he wrote for the "Quartet For the End Of time" you'll see how he incorporated some of this stuff....really good music
@thebloads Tell that to the thousands of ornithologists who have considered Messiaen's birdsong notations so accurate that they're used by them for scientific research.
prolongement et illustration des chemins ornithologiques de Messiaen, sur le web : "site du partenariat radio classique ministère de la culture messiaen" - une classe d'élèves de première explore très sensiblement cet univers
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jforbest 2 months ago
Wonderful!! Thank you
marian444 3 months ago
This is awesome, thanks for sharing it with us!
capthook1 6 months ago
With a few exceptions, I'm mostly not that fond of what I've heard by Messiaen (nor am I convinced by his attempts to translate birdsong into music or his attempts at portraying religious grace and faith), but man, does he look like he would have been a fun guy to know or have as a teacher! An eccentric in the best sense of the word.
MaestroTJS 7 months ago
HUH.
LailaBecef 8 months ago
LABORIX
Bulacanos 8 months ago
i was one of the lucky ones to be in a performance of MESSIAEN'S TURANGALILA SYMPHONY in Athens several years ago... YVONNE LORIOD was on ONDES MARTENOT... She was old and walked on the stage supported, but ...WHAT A PRESENCE !
MrLizardisle 1 year ago 2
@MrLizardisle Yvonne Loriod playing the ondes? Surely it would have been her sister Jeanne, who was the famed exponent of the instrument. As I recall (possibly from Peter Hall and Nigel Simeone's biography of Messiaen), Yvonne did play the ondes - she taught a Japanese pianist well enough to play the Turangalila ondes part for the Japanese premiere - but not publicly. For that matter she was also a prolific composer, understandably now overshadowed in this regard by her husband!
straypixel 1 year ago
@straypixel you know... you must be right about it ! mea culpa !
MrLizardisle 1 year ago
Brilliant!!!
usethename 1 year ago
Such a brilliant composer, yet so funny....
7Beyonder 1 year ago
fuck... oh fuck he's just so cool. such a candidly effervescent approach to the integration of nature's wonders into pitched-instruments.
buenobus 1 year ago
piano player has chops
gillsmcgee411 1 year ago
wow he is kind of a lunatic...shouldn't this all have been written for winds? oh well, I still like him.
petezilla 1 year ago
@petezilla
Good point.
borjon23 1 year ago
@petezilla i think if you check out the music he wrote for the "Quartet For the End Of time" you'll see how he incorporated some of this stuff....really good music
bgoodism 1 year ago
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petezilla 1 year ago
@bgoodism then there's la merle noir, which is awesome. and played by flute ; )
petezilla 1 year ago
But the birds sound a lot less dissonant.
Thank God.
muslit 1 year ago
is this for theory 4?
jacksonshakur 1 year ago
God bless subtitles
pirenne 1 year ago
Yeah!
petervstevens 1 year ago
We'll miss you, Yvonne. Rest in peace, and thank you.
cordeiropascoal 1 year ago 2
RIP Yvonne Loriod.
digvie 1 year ago 3
the bird tripped at the end or what?
velcor 1 year ago 2
The ravings of a complete nut case!! Wonderful upload!
totallycynical 2 years ago 3
Molto interessante!!!
alessandro2228 2 years ago
les oiseaux ont appris la musique à Messiaen...
passeyag 2 years ago
Such an interesting theorist and brilliant musician! Messiaen was the man
loltheworld 2 years ago 4
LABORIX!
Bulacanos 2 years ago 4
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birds singing or baboons mating?
acerbdmc 2 years ago
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Your mom singing while mating.
paideianow 2 years ago
He is enthusiastic.
vokshumana 2 years ago 5
he has soo much spirit and expression!
kepler101 2 years ago 12
@kepler101 you've got that right!
synergiaensamble 1 year ago
this guy sure is a ROCKER! keep up the groove. ever heard of the chatman stick? cool!
aslanbc 2 years ago
what a gift! thanks
atree3 2 years ago
Superb!
sexbrain 3 years ago
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The nightingale is fine.But i dont think he manages to emulate the sound correctly for the rest. Maybe it cant be emulated
thebloads 3 years ago
It's an artistic interpretation/response/representation, not a perfect aural approximation.
darkprose 2 years ago 3
@thebloads Tell that to the thousands of ornithologists who have considered Messiaen's birdsong notations so accurate that they're used by them for scientific research.
DannyDaWriter 6 months ago
Cooler than school!
BeauJames59 3 years ago 18
@BeauJames59 Messiaen made the Paris Conservatoire the coolest school in existence. :-)
MusicaRicercata 1 year ago
Fantastic. That's the first time I've heard/seen him speak. Thanks for posting.
NewtHarvest 3 years ago 3
brilliant!
DarkAndMartyr 3 years ago
cuzi cuzi cuzi cuzi cu!
schumannliszt 3 years ago 7
There is an error in the translation, the french name of "Luscinia megarhynchos" is Nightingale
woffolo 3 years ago
It's Messiaen!
Magnifique!!!!
Merci!
777cc777 3 years ago
prolongement et illustration des chemins ornithologiques de Messiaen, sur le web : "site du partenariat radio classique ministère de la culture messiaen" - une classe d'élèves de première explore très sensiblement cet univers
floorembden 3 years ago
correction sur le web : "site du partenariat radio classique messiaen" - suffit !
floorembden 3 years ago
straypixel, many thanks!!! *****
nephelais 3 years ago
Excellent!!!!
cman90000 3 years ago
A special Thank to straypixel
woffolo 3 years ago
Wonderful!
Messiaen 3 years ago 2
wonderfull i never heard him talk. wud like 2 meet his wife. shes in paris and im in cardiff....not that far!!!
jamesaellis 3 years ago
whats this from???
jamesaellis 3 years ago
It's an extract of archive footage from Olivier Mille's film "Olivier Messiaen: La Liturgie de Cristal".
straypixel 3 years ago
Dear god! Thank you so much for posting this!! :D
TheBlackPage1 3 years ago