Olivier Messiaen – Past Concerts
Seattle Symphony: Morlot Conducts Messiaen
Friday, June 3, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Experience Des canyons aux étoiles... (“From the canyons to the stars...”), Olivier Messiaen’s starry-eyed masterpiece inspired by Utah's national parks, with luminous, interactive videography from artist Deborah O'Grady.
Ticket price TBD
Seattle Symphony: Morlot Conducts Messiaen
Thursday, June 2, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Experience Des canyons aux étoiles... (“From the canyons to the stars...”), Olivier Messiaen’s starry-eyed masterpiece inspired by Utah's national parks, with luminous, interactive videography from artist Deborah O'Grady.
Ticket price TBD
CMNW Summer Festival AT-HOME: Festival Finale – A Journey Into the Light (on-demand until 8/31/2021)
Saturday, August 7, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Olivier Messiaen – "V. Praise to the Eternity of Jesus” from Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time")
Davóne Tines – Excerpts from Recital No. 1: MASS
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"
Davóne Tines – Excerpts from Recital No. 1: MASS
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"
$20 ($150 AT-HOME Summer Festival Pass)
CMNW Summer Festival: Festival Finale – A Journey Into the Light
Sunday, July 25, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Olivier Messiaen – "V. Praise to the Eternity of Jesus” from Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time")
Davóne Tines – Excerpts from Recital No. 1: MASS
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"
Davóne Tines – Excerpts from Recital No. 1: MASS
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"
$47.50 ($62.50 summer single tickets; $20 ages 30 & under)
CMNW Summer Festival: Festival Finale – A Journey Into the Light
Saturday, July 24, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Olivier Messiaen – "V. Praise to the Eternity of Jesus” from Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time")
Davóne Tines – Excerpts from Recital No. 1: MASS
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"
Davóne Tines – Excerpts from Recital No. 1: MASS
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
CMNW Summer Festival: Premiering 'Vesper Flight' & 'Les Adieux'
Sunday, July 11, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
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
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
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
CMNW Summer Festival: Premiering 'Vesper Flight' & 'Les Adieux'
Saturday, July 10, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
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
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
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
Saint Mark's Music Series: Messiaen's La Nativité – Joseph Adam, organ
Sunday, December 22, 2019 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A rare opportunity to hear Olivier Messiaen's profound Christmas cycle for organ, La Nativité du Seigneur.
$20 / $15
Seattle International Piano Festival & Competition: Finalists – Youth, Ages 10 to 13 & Ages 14 to 18
Saturday, October 12, 2019 @ 4:15pm – 7:15pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Final rounds of the Youth Ages 10-13 and Youth Ages 14-18 categories.
$35 / $25 / $15
Wayward Music Series: Struber & Fitzpatrick: Theme & Variations
Friday, December 14, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Luigi Dallapicolla – Tartiniana Seconda
Olivier Messiaen – Theme and Variations
Arvo Pärt – Fratres
Benjamin Britten – Lachrymae
Dmitri Shostakovich – Violin Sonata
Witold Lutosławski – Paganini Variations by Lutoslawski (arr. Marcin Paczkowski)
Olivier Messiaen – Theme and Variations
Arvo Pärt – Fratres
Benjamin Britten – Lachrymae
Dmitri Shostakovich – Violin Sonata
Witold Lutosławski – Paganini Variations by Lutoslawski (arr. Marcin Paczkowski)
$5-$15 donation at the door
Plymouth Church: Hyokyoung Byun, organ
Friday, December 14, 2018 @ 12:00pm – 1:30pm (PST)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Hyokyoung (Hannah) Byun, Principal Organist for University Presbyterian Church, plays music by J.S. Bach and Olivier Messaien.
$10 suggested donation
The Arts at Saint Mark's: Messiaen’s 'Twenty Visions of the Infant Jesus'
Saturday, December 8, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A performance by candlelight in a sacred space by a dazzling pianist who has made this 20th-century masterpiece a specialty.
$20 ($15 students/seniors)
Flutist Sheridon Stokes brings a little Hollywood to BMC Night Beat!
Thursday, November 8, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
First Congregational Church, Bellingham, WA, United States
A Hollywood flute legend performs music by Claude Debussy, Olivier Messiaen, Maurice Jarre, Lalo Schifrin, Mel Brooks, and James Horner.
$20 (seniors $15, teens FREE)
Music at St. Thomas: Morsel Trio & Friends
Saturday, November 3, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA, United States
Works by Mozart, Britten, Schumann, Villa-Lobos, and Messiaen performed by a new Seattle-based ensemble comprised of young artists.
$20 ($10 student)
Olympic Music Festival: La Belle Èpoque
Saturday, September 1, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120
Olivier Messiaen – Louange à l’immortalité de Jésus from Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Claude Debussy – Reflets dans l’eau from Images, Book I
Claude Debussy – Claire de lune from Suite Bergamasque
Claude Debussy – L’isle joyeuse (1904)
Maurice Ravel – Piano Trio (1914)
Olivier Messiaen – Louange à l’immortalité de Jésus from Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Claude Debussy – Reflets dans l’eau from Images, Book I
Claude Debussy – Claire de lune from Suite Bergamasque
Claude Debussy – L’isle joyeuse (1904)
Maurice Ravel – Piano Trio (1914)
$33-$40 (students $20-$25, age 12 & under free)
St. James Cathedral Summer Concert Series: Organist Jonathan Dimmock – Paris: Between the Wars
Friday, July 13, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 8:45pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Weitz – "Regina Pacis" from Symphony No. 1
Vierne – Impromptu
Alain – Deuxième Fantaisie
Widor – "Mystique" from Trois Nouvelles Pièces
Messiaen – Prélude
Duruflé – Prélude, Adagio, et Choral varié sur le thème du ‘Veni Creator’
Vierne – Impromptu
Alain – Deuxième Fantaisie
Widor – "Mystique" from Trois Nouvelles Pièces
Messiaen – Prélude
Duruflé – Prélude, Adagio, et Choral varié sur le thème du ‘Veni Creator’
$18 suggested donation
Heath/Asplund Duo: An Evening of Modern/Postmodern Art Song
Thursday, May 31, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music for soprano with piano and viola by Cage, Ligeti, Ives, Messiaen, Webern, Lutosawski, Christian Asplund, and Jarrad Powell.
$5-$15 donation
Ladies Musical Club: Songs & Duets with Flute
Friday, April 13, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. John's Episcopal Church Kirkland, Kirkland, WA, United States
Music by Saint-Säens, Rorem, Rameau, Delibes, and more.
Free
Tangled Rainbows: Messiaen's 'Quartet for the End of Time'
Saturday, April 7, 2018 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
An extraordinary example of reaffirmation in a world ostensibly facing apocalyptic destruction.
Free
Messiaen's 'Quartet for the End of Time'
Sunday, March 25, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A deeply spiritual work contemplating faith, time, and love, composed in a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp.
$15-$20
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