Sunday Feature

Olivier Messiaen: Renaissance Man

Sunday 15 August 2004 22:00-22:30 (Radio 3)

Olivier Messiaen's Catholic faith was a mainstay of his personal life and a consistent feature of his music. But did it liberate or limit his creative work? Tom Service talks to Pierre Boulez, Olivier Latry, Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Pere Jean-Rodolphe Kars -musicians whose lives were deeply affected by their association with this most spiritual of composers.

Duration:

30 minutes

Sunday Feature

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