Message #8970

[Dundonnell]

I should indicate that in uploading a number of pieces by Olivier Messiaen, in (I hope) radio broadcasts, I am not suggesting that I actually like most of Messiaen's music.

I do like the earliest orchestral music and the organ music(the last part of "La Nativite du Seigneur" is just about the most exciting music for organ I know and I have had the privilege of sitting beside an organist performing the work :)).

Later Messiaen however I do find very taxing and complex. I admire the composer's artistic integrity and deep religious conviction. It is entirely because I was so unfamiliar with this later music that I have been listening to it recently and thought that others might want to share that experience.