Messiaen - Turangalîla Symphonie - 5th Movt "Joie du Sang des Étoiles"- Aimard, Davis

Pierre Laurent Aimard, Cynthia Millar, Andrew Davis, and the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain play Messiaen's Turangalîla Symphonie, 5th Movt "Joy of the Blood of the Stars" at the 2001 Proms. In my opinion, the one is better than the one with Donohoe/Loriod/Rattle.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• messiaen
• aimard
• millar
• davis
• turangalila
• symphonie
• symphony
• ondes
• martenot
• piano
• proms
• 2001

[mMmmc0ffee]

I'm only here because I love Futurama, and I read that this could be the source of Turanga Leela's name.

[jre58591]

@mMmmc0ffee @KillerWhaleCupcake I love Futurama, and I'm a Messiaen fan. They really aren't that crazy of a pairing! Matt Groening puts a lot of classical music allusions in his cartoons, so I wouldn't be surprised if he really was a Messiaen fan and named the Futurama character after this piece.

[rofklaw]

man this messiaen guy must really like futurama

[rofklaw]

@rissmuso well i guess canonically it's possible since she was born in the 2970's but futurama was made in 1999 irl.

[MuseDuCafe]

Thirty plus years after first hearing this work, it still just ROCKS! Wonderful joyous ecstatic completely over the top lovely child-like Messiaen. Just Terrific.

[1862Debussy]

2:27 = EPIC ondes martenot moment!!

[rissmuso]

@rofklaw turanga leela was named AFTER this symphony?



[unbeatableenergy]

@darkthunderz13 It's brilliant isn't it! 

[unbeatableenergy]

@frozinfire Oh god! Thats the bit I like the most! Thats what makes me come back to this piece again and again.

[Nat4Brendan]

The beginning kinda sounds like the Mario theme. xD

[jre58591]

@BlueCougar Hey, it's a kid's orchestra. They wanted to make sure that everyone participated, I guess, so that no hearts were broken when they would have told them that they couldn't perform at the Proms on live television! Or at least that is my theory.

[BlueCougar]

@hambonevalt You are right that the orchestra size is about 50% larger than Messiaen wrote it. It's a common problem with youth orchestras where they cram in every participant for the "big finale", since they don't want anyone "left out". (I've seen even worse with Tchaikovsky's 6th symphony...)