Live at the 2016 Aldeburgh Festival, pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard performs three movements from Messiaen's Catalogue d'Oiseaux: Alpine Chough, Rock Thrush and Curlew.
Tom McKinney presents the third instalment of Messiaen's "Catalogue d'Oiseaux" today. The setting for this evening's concert is the RSPB Minsmere Nature Reserve - where pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard will give an outdoor performance on the BBC Springwatch stage, beyond which spreads a vast expanse of grassland, water, reeds and sky. Here, Aimard will play another three movements of Messiaen's birdsong-inspired collection of piano pieces, including Le Chocard des Alpes (Alpine chough), La Merle de roche (rock thrush) and Le Courlis cendré (curlew).
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Messaien
Les Chocards des Alpes
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Messaien
Le Merle de Roche
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Messaien
Le Courlis Cendre
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François Couperin
Le rossignol-en-amour (Pièces de clavecin, Ordre 14)
Performer: Olivier Baumont.- Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord: Olivier Baumont.
- Warner Classics.
- 6.
Broadcast
- Sun 19 Jun 201619:30BBC Radio 3
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