Olivier Messiaen – Past Concerts near Columbus, OH

Serge Koussevitzky — Petite valse for double bass and piano, Op. 1, No. 2
Serge Koussevitzky — Chanson triste for double bass and piano, Op. 2
Walter Piston — Quintet for flute and string quartet
Olivier Messiaen — Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time") ("III. Abîme des oiseaux" for solo clarinet)
Jean Françaix — Dixtour for winds and strings

Olivier Messiaen — "Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus" from Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps
Claude Debussy — Cello Sonata, L. 135
Nadia Boulanger — Three Pieces for Cello and Piano
Maurice Ravel — "I. Kaddish" from Deux Mélodies Hébraïques
Francis Poulenc — Cello Sonata, FP 143

Olivier Messiaen — Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time")

Gerald Cohen — Poems Born in Bergen-Belsen (words by Menachem Z. Rosensaft)
Gerald Cohen — they burn, the fires of the night: lamentations from the ashes (world premiere)
Olivier Messiaen — Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time")
Various — Selected works

Program includes works by Clara Schumann, Libby Larsen, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Olivier Messiaen, Joaquín Rodrigo, John Dowland, Rebecca Clarke, and Camille Saint-Saëns.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — String Quintet in C major, K. 515
Carlos Simon — Loop (for string trio)
Max von Weinzierl — Nachtstück for Four Violas
Olivier Messiaen — Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time")

Orlando Jacinto García — impulso/momentum (world premiere)
Olivier Messiaen — Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time") (selected movements)
Frederic Rzewski — Attica (Part II)
Gregg Welcher — Set of variations on the prison work song "Early in the Mornin'" (world premiere)
Ralph Mendoza / AJ Peoples — A Different Way (world premiere)

Johannes Brahms — Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1
Igor Stravinsky — Suite Italienne
Olivier Messiaen — Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time")

Tate Pumfrey – Toccata – Exultemus Domino
Olivier Messiaen – Apparition de l'église éternelle
Gilles Maurice Leclerc – Rhapsodie on All creatures of our God and King
Keith Jarrett, arr. Per W. Ohls – Hymn of Remembrance
Herbert Howells – "Saraband in modo elegiaco" from Six Pieces for Organ
Andrew Ager – "Toccata" from Toccata and Fugue

Olivier Messiaen – "VIII. Praise to the Immortality of Jesus” from Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time")
Kenji Bunch – Vesper Flight (world premiere)
David Ludwig – Les Adieux: Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Ensemble (world premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quintet in C major, K. 515

Talking Gong, a dynamic trio comprised of Claire Chase (flutes), Alex Peh (piano), & Susie Ibarra (composer/percussion/gongs) perform works by Ibarra from their new album, works based on bird songs, & more.

3-pianist feature: Inna Faliks performs premieres by Timo Andres & Billy Childs, along with Maurice Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit. Steven Vanhauwaert & Mark Robson perform Olivier Messiaens’ Visions de l’Amen.

Olivier Messiaen – Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time")
Aaron Jay Kernis – Elegy for those we lost

Musicians from the Chicago Symphony perform Olivier Messiaen's powerful Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time").

Dai Fujikura – Turtle Totem for clarinet
Alvin Singleton – Jasper Drag for clarinet, violin, & piano
Eleanor Alberga – "Duo" from Dancing with the Shadow for clarinet & piano
Olivier Messiaen – “VIII. Louange à l’immortalité de Jésus” from Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time) for violin & piano

This culmination of Town Music Artistic Director Joshua Roman’s Fermata explores the process of creation & transformation within digital spaces. Featuring Roman & friends performing contemporary chamber works.

Violinist Max Baillie performs works by J.S. Bach & Olivier Messiaen in this performance filmed at London's Colnaghi Gallery.

Franz Liszt – Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178
Olivier Messiaen – Selections from Préludes pour piano

Frédéric Chopin – Three Mazurki, Op. 59
Claude Debussy – Étude pour les huit doigts
Claude Debussy – Étude pour les quartes
György Ligeti – En Suspens
György Ligeti – Fanfares
Olivier Messiaen – Je dors, mais mon cœur veille
Claude Debussy – L’isle Joyeuse

Olivier Messiaen – Quatuor pour la fin du temps (excerpts) (1941)
Greg Dixon – Mirror Lake II for clarinet and electronics (2020) [world premiere]
Huck Hodge – Alêtheia (2011) [US premiere performance 2014]