BBC Philharmonic/Reinbert de Leeuw

As part of Radio 3's celebration of the centenary of Olivier Messiaen in 2008, the BBC Philharmonic perform an-all Messiaen programme conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw, a committed advocate of the French composer's music.

Featuring Poemes pour Mi, the composer's love-letter to his first wife Claire Delbos, followed by Un sourire, written only a few months before Messiaen died to mark the bicentenary of Mozart's death.

The concert ends with his Chronochromie, which merges the Greek words cronos and croma - time and colour - and plays on the interaction between these two in musical terms.

Messiaen: Le tombeau resplendissant; Poemes pour Mi; Un sourire; Chronochromie
Rosemary Hardy (soprano)
BBC Philharmonic
Reinbert de Leeuw (conductor)

Followed by a focus on pianist Yvonne Loriod:

Schumann: Davidsbundlertanze, Op 6
Mozart Fantaisie K.475
Yvonne Loriod (piano)