This page provides information on significant performances of the work of Olivier Messiaen throughout the world during the centenary year (2008). Performances have been archived in order to provide a picture of the extent of Messiaen performances during the centenary year. Listings may be added to this section retrospectively. To list a performance please refer to the submissions page of this site. Submissions should be in the following format: date month year – time: work(s), performer(s), venue.
Messiaen performances and related events in 2008
4 & 5 January - 8:00 PM: Staatskapelle Berlin, with Zubin Mehta (conductor), Roger Muraro (piano), Valerie Hartmann-Claverie (ondes martenot) - Turangalîla-Symphonie at Philharmonie, Berlin.
6 January - 8:00 PM: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, with Ingo Metzmacher (conductor), Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Takashi Harada (ondes martenot) - Turangalîla-Symphonie at Philharmonie, Berlin.
6 January - 6:00 PM: Alban Beikircher (violin), Anthony Spiri (piano) - Thème et variations at Philharmonie, Essen, Germany.
7 January - 8:30 PM: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, with Ingo Metzmacher (conductor), Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Takashi Harada (ondes martenot) - Turangalîla-Symphonie at Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany.
10 January - 8:00 PM: Trio Wanderer - Quatuor pour la fin du temps at De Bijloke muzieckcentrum, Gent, Belgium.
10 January - 8:00 PM: Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, with Kent Nagano (director) - Chronochromie at Salle Pommack de l'Ecole de musique Schulich de l'Université McGill, Montréal, Canada.
10 January - 8:15 PM: Nationaal Jeugd Orkest, with Reinbert de Leeuw (director), Ralph van Raat (piano), Nathalie Forget (ondes martenot) - Turangalîla-Symphonie at Theater Orpheus, Apeldoorn, Holland.
11 January - 8:15 PM: Nationaal Jeugd Orkest, with Reinbert de Leeuw (director), Ralph van Raat (piano), Nathalie Forget (ondes martenot) - Turangalîla-Symphonie at Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, Holland.
13 January - 8:15 PM: Nationaal Jeugd Orkest, with Reinbert de Leeuw (director), Ralph van Raat (piano), Nathalie Forget (ondes martenot) - Turangalîla-Symphonie, at De Doelen, Rotterdam, Holland.
13 January - 4:00 PM: La Nativite' du Signeur; Gail Archer, organ; Church of the Heavenly Rest. 2 East 90th St., New York, NY. USA(/p>
14 January - 8:15 PM: Nationaal Jeugd Orkest, with Reinbert de Leeuw (director), Ralph van Raat (piano), Nathalie Forget (ondes martenot) - Turangalîla-Symphonie at De Singel, Antwerp, Belgium.
17 January - 7:30 PM: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, with Ingo Metzmacher (director) - Eclairs sur l'Au-dela at Musikverein, Vienna, Austria.
18 January - 8:15 PM: Nationaal Jeugd Orkest, with Reinbert de Leeuw (director), Ralph van Raat (piano), Nathalie Forget (ondes martenot) - Turangalîla-Symphonie at Muziekcentrum, Enschede, Holland.
18 January - 8:00 PM: Duisburger Philharmoniker, with Jonathan Darlington (director) - Chronochromie at Philharmonie Essen, Germany.
18 January - 7:30 PM: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, with Ingo Metzmacher (director) - Eclairs sur l'Au-dela at Musikverein, Vienna, Austria.
19 January - 8:00 PM: The Florida Orchestra, with Stefan Sanderling - L'Ascension, Mahaffey Theater, St Petersburg, Florida; January 20, 7:30 pm: Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida, USA.
19 January 2008 - 8:00 PM: Trois petite liturgies de la présence divine, Jean Laurendeau, ondes Martinot, Joseph Adam, piano, Pacific Rims Percussion Quartet, Women of the Cathedral Choir of St. James, Cathedral Chamber Orchestra, James Savage, conductor; St. James Cathedral, Seattle, Washington, USA.
20 January - 11:00 AM: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, with Ingo Metzmacher (director) - Eclairs sur l'Au-dela at Musikverein, Vienna, Austria.
20 January - 8:15 PM: Nationaal Jeugd Orkest, with Reinbert de Leeuw (director), Ralph van Raat (piano), Nathalie Forget (ondes martenot) - Turangalîla-Symphonie at Muziekgebouw aan het IJ, Amsterdam, Holland.
20 January - 4:30 PM: Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, with dir. Pascal Rophé Jean; Frédéric Neuburger (piano), Des Canyons aux étoiles at Salle Philharmonique, Liège, Belgium.
20 January - 11:00 AM: Les Musiciens du Concert Impromptu : Yves Charpentier (flute), Jean-Christophe Murer (clarinet), Bruno Belthoise (piano) - Quatuor pour la fin du temps, Le Merle noir at Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne, France.
20 January - 5:30 PM: François Weigel (piano), - Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jésus at Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne, France.
20 January - 3:00 PM: Une heure avec Olivier Messiaen, Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne, France.
20 January - 3:00 PM: La Nativité du Seigneur, Henry Fairs, organ; Tickets for each concert: £9, £4 Friends/concessions, £2 students, available from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts; University Great Hall, Birmingham, UK.
21 January - 7:30 PM: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, with Ingo Metzmacher (director) - Eclairs sur l'Au-dela at Brucknerhaus, Linz, Austria
22 January - 8:15 PM: Leo van Doeselaar, organ; Gregor Horsch (cello); Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer (clarinet); excerpts from Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité; Livre du Saint Sacrament; Quatuor pour la fin du temps; Messe de la Pentecôte; L'Ascension at Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Holland.
24 January - (2:00 PM), 25th (8:00 PM), 26th (8:00 PM) and 27th (2:00 PM); The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra with Myung-Whun Chung - L'Ascension at Davies Hall, San Francisco USA.
24 January - 8:30 PM: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, with Giuseppe Verdi and Kristian Jarvi - L'Ascension Auditorium di Milano, Milan, Itlay.
24 January - (2:00 PM), 25th (8:00 PM), 26th (8:00 PM) and 27th (2:00 PM); The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra with Myung-Whun Chung - L'Ascension at Davies Hall, San Francisco USA.
24 January - 8:30 PM: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, with Giuseppe Verdi and Kristian Jarvi - L'Ascension Auditorium di Milano, Milan, Itlay.
25 January - 10:00 AM: Seminar on Vingt régards sur l’Enfant-Jésus with pianist Leslie Amper; Williams Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston MA, USA
25 January - 8:00 PM: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, with Giuseppe Verdi and Kristian Jarvi - L'Ascension Auditorium di Milano, Milan, Itlay.
25 January - 8:00 PM: Quatuor pour la fin du temps (artists TBC) will be held at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France.
25 January - 7:30 PM: Louise Bessette (piano), Edmonton Symphony Orchestra with William Eddins - Oiseaux exotiques, Francis Winspear Centre for Music, Edmonton, Canada.
26 January - 8:00 PM: Louise Bessette (piano), Edmonton Symphony Orchestra with William Eddins - Oiseaux exotiques, Francis Winspear Centre for Music, Edmonton, Canada.
26 January - 7:30 PM: Joanna MacGregor piano plus members of The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic - Quartet for The End of Time at St George's Hall Concert Room, Liverpool, UK.
27 January - 4:00 PM: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano with Giuseppe Verdi and Kristian Jarvi - L'Ascension Auditorium di Milano, Milan, Itlay.
27 January - 7:30 PM: Weiner Philharmoniker with dir. Ingo Metzmacher - Les Offrandes Oubliées and Reveil des Oiseaux with Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), at Grobes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria.
28 January - 8:00 PM: La Tradition de l'Église de la Sainte-Trinité de Paris, with Naji Hakim - Dieu parmi nous at Philharmonie, Essen, Germany.
29 January - SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden Baden und Freiburg, Sylvain Cambreling dir. - Turangalîlâ-Symphonie at Grande Auditorio, Lisbon, Portugal.
30 January - 7:00 PM: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra with Sakari Oramo, Roope Grondahl (piano) - Oiseaux exotiques at Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland.
30 January - 8:00 PM: Bernard Foccroulle, organ - Messe de la Pentecôte in The Philharmonie, Luxembourg.
31 January - 7:30 PM: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Juanjo Mena Steven Osborne (piano), Bruno Perrault (ondes martenot) - Turangalîla-Symphonie at Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway.
31 January - 8:00 PM: Ensemble Intercontemporain/Susanna Malkki Jean-Christophe Vervoitte, horn, Samuel Favre, xylophone, Michel Cerutti, glockenspiel, Hideki Nagano (piano) - Des canyons aux etoiles... at Salle des concerts, Paris, France.
31 January – 8:00 PM: Piano department of New England Conservatory, Catalogue d’oiseaux, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA, USA.
1 February - 10:00 PM: Marino Formenti and Christopher Hinterhuber - Visions de l'Amen at Mozarteum, Vienna, Austria
1 February - 8:00 PM: SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, with Sylvain Cambreling; Roger Muraro (piano), Valerie Hartmann-Claverie (ondes martenot) - Turangalîla-Symphonie at Salle Pleyel, Paris, France.
2 February - 7:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' Ensemble Intercontemporain with Susanna Malkki; Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Jean-Christophe Vervoitte, horn, Samuel Favre, xylophone, Michel Cerutti, glockenspiel - Des Canyons aux etoiles... at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK.
2 & 3 February - 9:00 AM: Messiaen Conference Pierre Albert Castanet, Alain Mabit, musicologists, Alain Louvier, composer, Jean-Rodolphe Kars, pianist at salle des colloques, Paris, France.
2 February - 8:00 PM: GrauSchumacher Piano Duo - Visions de l'Amen at amphitheatre Cite de la Musique, Paris, France.
3 February - 2:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' Messiaen Study Day: Pierre-Laurent Aimard leads a study day with The Nash Ensemble, exploring Messiaen's Quartet for The End of Time. Queen Elizabeth Hall SBC London, UK.
3 February - 7:30 PM: Olivier Latry (organ) - L'Ascension at Walt Disney Hall, Los Angeles, USA.
3 February - 4:30 PM: Jean Dube (piano), & member of Quatuor Petersen - Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jesus (extracts); Fantaisie for violin and piano, amphitheatre Cité de la Musique Paris, France.
3 February - 4:00 PM: L'Ascension and La Messe de la Pentecote, Gail Archer, organ: First Presbyterian Church. 12 West 12th St., New York, NY USA.
4 February - 7:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' RAM students - Le courlis cendré, La Bouscarle, Visions de l' Amen at Royal Academy of Music, London, UK.
5 February - 8:00 PM: Solistes de l'Ensemble Intercontemporain - Le courlis cendré; Theme et Variations; Le Merle noir; Quatuor pour la fin du Temps, amphitheatre Cité de la Musique Paris, France.
5 February - 12:00 PM: Canadian Opera Company, Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre: Piano Virtuoso Series: Benjamin Cruchley. Mendelssohn: Songs without Words; Medtner: War Sonata; Messiaen: Catalogue d'oiseaux (selections) & Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jésus (selections). Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Canada.
6 February - 8:00 PM: Accentus/Laurence Equilbey, Ars Nova ensemble instrumental/Philippe Nahon O Sacrum convivium; Couleurs de la Cité celeste at Salle des concerts Cité de la Musique Paris, France.
6 February - Philharmonia Orchestra Esa; Pekka Salonen, Pierre Laurent Aimard (piano), Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot) Turangalîla-Symphonie at The Anvil, Basingstoke, UK.
6 February - 7:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' RAM: students - Thème et Variations, Chants de Terre et de Ciel at Royal Academy of Music, London, UK.
7 February - 7:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' Philharmonia Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot) - Turangalîla-Symphonie at Royal Festival Hall, London, UK.
7 February – 8:00 PM: Piano department of New England Conservatory, Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA, USA.
7 February - 8:30 PM: Le livre d’orgue, by Olivier Messiaen; Bernard Haas, orgue; Bagatelles, Gilbert Amy; Fuga, Heinz Holliger, at l'Eglise de La Tinite, Paris, France.
8 February – 8:00 PM: NEC Preparatory School Preludes pour piano, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA, USA.
8 February - 7:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' RAM Symphony Orchestra, dir. Susanna Malkki, La Ville d'En-haut, L'Ascension at Royal Academy of Music, London, UK.
8 February - 7:30 PM: Quartet for the End of Time, Boston Chamber Music Society; Thomas Hill, clarinet; Erin Keefe, violin; Ronald Thomas, cello; Mihae Lee, piano: Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA, USA.
9 February - 7:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' Messiaen and The Voice. The Sixteen, Harry Christophers - Cinq Rechants, Harawi at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK.
9 February - 8:15 PM: Netherlands Philharmonic, with Yakov Kreizberg (director), Steven Osborne (piano), Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot) - Turangalîla-Symphonie at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
9 February - Philharmonia Orchestra, with Esa-Pekka Salonen (director), Juho Pohjonen (piano) - Oiseaux exotiques at St. David's Hall, Cardiff, UK.
10 February - 7:30 PM: Quartet for the End of Time, Boston Chamber Music Society; Thomas Hill, clarinet; Erin Keefe, violin; Ronald Thomas, cello; Mihae Lee, piano: Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, MA, USA.
10 February - 7:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' Philharmonia Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen, Tamara Stefanovich - Oiseaux exotiques at the Royal Festival Hall, London, UK.
11 February - 8:15 PM: Netherlands Philharmonic; Yakov Kreizberg, Steven Osborne (piano), Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot) - Turangalîla-Symphonie at Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
12 February - 8:00 PM: Philharmonia Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen, Juho Pohjonen (piano), - Oiseaux exotiques in The Philharmonie, Luxembourg.
12 February - Orchestre régional d'Auvergne; Maarten van Veen (piano); Chœur d'enfants de Rotterdam, percussionnistes du Doelen Ensemble de Rotterdam: - Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine at Maison de la Culture de Clermont–Ferrand, France.
12 February - 7:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' RAM students - Le merle noir, Ile de Feu 1 at Purcell Room, London, UK.
13 February - 7:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' Pierre Laurent-Aimard (piano) - Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jesus at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK.
14 February - 5:00 PM: Lecture by NEC Director of Wind Ensemble Activities Charles Peltz on Messiaen, St. Francis, and Création mondiale en hommage à Olivier Messiaen : Ensemble Orchestral de Paris Et iterum venturus est, Peter Bannister direction John Nelsonthe Birds of Faith at Williams Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA USA.
14 February - 7:30 PM: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Marc Soustrot - L'Ascension at Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
14 February – 8:00 PM: The NEC Wind Ensemble, Oiseaux exotiques, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA, USA.
14 February - 8:00 PM: Music Toronto. Discovery Series - Zorana Sadiq, soprano & Peter Tiefenbach, piano. Works include Olivier Messiaen Poèmes Pour Mi and others; Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. East, Toronto, Canada.
15 February - 12:30 PM: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Mostly Messiaen. Tina Yanchus, James Hibbard, Laura Hibbard, piano. Works for two, four and six hands on one or two grand pianos. von Kuster Hall, Don Wright Faculty of Music, University of Western Ontario, London ON Canada.
15 February - 7:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' RAM: Manson Ens.dir. Pierre-André Valade - Un vitrail et des oiseux at Royal Academy of Music, London, UK.
15 February - 8:00 PM: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, with David Robertson (conductor), Nicolas Hodges (piano), Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot) - Turangalîla-Symphonie at Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, New York City, New York, USA.
15 February - 8:00 PM: Jörg Widmann Quintett with Carolin Widmann (violin), Claudio Bohorquez (cello), Janne Thomsen (flute), Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Dénes Várjon (piano) - Quatuor pour la fin du temps at Philharmonie Essen, Germany.
17 February - 3:00 PM: DiptyqueLes corps glorieux, Henry Fairs, organ; Tickets for each concert: £9, £4 Friends/concessions, £2 students, available from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts; University Great Hall, Birmingham, UK.
17 February - 6:00 PM: Studierende der Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf, Soloists Landesjugendorchester Nordrhein-Westfalen Percussionensemble "Splash" Raimund Wippermann - La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ at Philharmonie Essen, Germany.
17 February - 7:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' London Sinfonietta; Peter Eotvos - Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK.
18 February - 6:00 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' RAM students - O sacrum convivium, Le Loriot at Royal Academy of Music, London, UK.
19 February - 7:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' Ilya Kudryavtsev - Livre d'orgue at St Marylebone Parish Church, London, UK.
20 February - 6:00 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' David Titterington - Le Banquet celeste, Prelude, Verset pour la Fete de la Dedicace, Monodie, Diptyque, Offrande au Saint-Sacrement at St Marylebone Parish Church, London, UK.
20 February - 8:15 PM: Orchestre d'Auvergne, Nationaal Jeugdkoor, Doelen Ensemble; Arie van Beek Maarten van Veen (piano), (ondes tba) - Trois Petites Liturgies de la Presence Divine De Doelen Grote Zaal, Rotterdam,Holland
21 February - Elizabeth Cooney (violin), Julian Bliss (clarinet), Richard Harwood (cello), Matthew Schellhorn (piano) - Quatuor pour la fin du Temps at Djanogly Recital Hall, Nottingham, UK.
22 February - 7:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' Olivier Latry - Apparition de l'eglise éternelle, La Nativité du Seigneur at Westminster Abbey, London, UK.
22 February - 7:30 PM: BBC Philharmonic; James MacMillan - Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK.
22 February - 8:00 PM: Pre-concert talk: Colman Pearce, 6:45 pm: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra; Valérie Hartmann Clavérie (ondes martenot), Roger Muraro piano, Pascal Rophé (conductor), - Turangalîla-Symphonie National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland.
23 February - 8:00 PM: Alison Melville. The Bird Project. Music, poetry, sound and visuals with repertoire ranging from medieval to very contemporary. Music by Hildegard of Bingen, Messiaen, Bach, van Eyck, Hans Poser & others. Alison Melville, artistic director, traverso, recorders & willow flute; Katherine Hill, soprano; Kathleen Kajioka, reader; Andrei Streliaev, piano; Debashis Sinha, video/visuals. St George the Martyr Church, 197 John St., Toronto, Canada.
24 February - 4:00 PM: Livre d'Orgue, Gail Archer, organ: Rutgers Presbyterian Church. 236 West 73rd St., New York, NY. USA.
28 February - 8:15 PM: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with David Robertson (conductor), Measha Brueggergosman (soprano) - Poèmes pour Mi at The Concertebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
29 February - 8:15 PM: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with David Robertson (conductor), Measha Brueggergosman (soprano) - Poèmes pour Mi at The Concertebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2 March - 11:00 AM and 3 - 4 March 8:00 PM: Gürzenich-Orchester Köln; Markus Stenz, Dirigent; Roger Muraro, Klavier; Valerie Hartmann, Ondes Martenot - Turangalîla-Symphonie Koln Philharmonie Koln, Germany.
5 March - 7:30 PM: Jacques Tchamkerten, ondes Martenot; Matthew Schellhorn (piano), Cambridge University Musical Society Orchestra, Baldur Brönnimann (conductor) - Turangalîla-Symphonie at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, UK.
6 March - 8:00 PM: Cleveland Orchestra with Franz-Welser Most - Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
7 March - 8:00 PM: Cleveland Orchestra with Franz-Welser Most - Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
8 March - 8:00 PM: Les Corps Glorieux, Gail Archer, organ: St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia University. 117th St. & Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY. USA.
8 March - 8:00 PM: Cleveland Orchestra with Franz-Welser Most - Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
8 March - Journee Olivier Messiaen, 4:30 PM: Conference Claude Samuel, 6:00 PM: Petites esquisses d'oiseaux; Poemes pour Mi, Yvonne Naef, mezzo soprano; Bertrand Chamayou (piano), 8:00 PM: Visions de l' amen; Trois Petites Liturgies de la Presence Divine, Bertrand Ch amayou, Jonas Vitaud (piano), (ondes tba); Orchestre National du Capitole, Choeur du Capitole with Patrick Marie Aubert at Theatre du-Capitole, Toulouse, France.
8 March - 8:00 PM: Joanna MacGregor (piano), Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus, Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall. Part of the 36th Hong Kong Arts Festival.
9 March - 6:30 PM Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, dir.Marek Janowski - Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum at Lucerne, Switzerland
13 March - 8:00 PM Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris, Arie van Beek dir. - L'Ascension at Cité de la musique, Paris, France Michel Bouvard, orgue (en duplex avec la Salle d'orgue du Conservatoire de Paris).
14 March - 8:00 PM: Olivier Latry, organ - L'Ascension at The Conservatoire de Paris, Paris, France.
14 March - 8:00 PM: Bernhard Wambach, Håkon Austbø (piano), - 8 Préludes at Philharmonie Essen, Germany.
15 March - 10:30 PM: Yejin Gil, Yi Chen Lee (piano) - Cantéyodjaya at Philharmonie Essen, Germany.
15 March - 8:00 PM: Back Bay Chorale O sacrum convivium!; Shannon Salyards (soprano), Henry Weinberger (piano) - seven excerpts from Poèmes pour Mi at Emmanuel Church, Boston, MA, USA.
16 March - 11:00 PM: Alexandre Tharaud, Bernhard Wambach, Håkon Austbø (piano) - Catalogue d'oiseaux (Selection) at Philharmonie Essen, Germany.
16 March - 3:00 PM: Yejin Gil, Bernhard Wambach, Alexandre Tharaud (piano) - Ile de feu I & II at Philharmonie Essen, Germany.
18 March - 8:00 PM: Thierry Mechler Orgen - Les corps glorieux, Prélude, Monodie, Offrande au Saint-Sacrement (1930–35) Kölner Philharmonie Germany.
18 March - 7:30 PM: HO Kang-Ting(soprano), TSAI Shih-Hao (piano) - Harawi in National Recital Hall, Taipei, Taiwan.
8 March - 8:45 PM: Maxine Thevenot, organist - Les corps glorieux: Sept visions brèves de la Vie des ressuscités, following the 7:00 pm Good Friday Liturgy, at Cathedral Church of St. John, Albuquerque, NM USA.
21 March - 6:00 PM: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Rundfunkchor Berlin with Ingo Metzmacher, Steven Osborne (piano), Valeroe Hartmann-Claverie (ondes martenot) - Trois Petites Liturgies de la Presence Divine; Les Offrandes oubliees at Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany.
22 March - 8:00 PM: Steven Osborne (piano), (Vingt Regards), Bernhard Hartog (violin), Andreas Grunkorn (cello), Markus Schon (clarinet), Ingo Metzmacher (piano) - Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus (selections); Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps at K ammermusiksaal Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany.
22 March - 7:30 PM: Jacques Tchamkerten, ondes Martenot; Matthew Schellhorn, (piano); Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury (conductor) - Trois petites Liturgies de la présence divine at King's College Chapel, Cambridge, UK.
23 March - 8:00 PM: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin with Ingo Metzmacher - Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany.
24 March - 4:30 PM: Monodie - Le Diptyque - Les Corps Glorieux, Jon Gillock, orgue at l'Eglise de La Tinite, Paris, France.
27 March - 10:00 AM & 7:30 PM: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra with John Nelson - Les Offrandes oubliees at Dvorak Hall, Prague, Czech Republic.
28 March - 7:30 PM: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra with John Nelson - Les Offrandes oubliees at Dvorak Hall, Prague, Czech Republic.
27 and 28 March - 8:00 PM: Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa with Marc Soustrot, Patricia Azanza (piano), Juan Manuel Gomez, horn and Jabi Alonso, xylorimba - Des Canyons aux etoiles at Auditorium of The Euskalduna Palace, Bilbao, Spain.
28 March - 8:00 PM: Neue Philharmonie Westfalen with Heiko Mathias Förster, (conductor)- Éclairs dur l'au-delà at Philharmonie Essen, Germany.
29 March - Les Jeunes Solistes, Rachid Safir dir., Cinq Rechants, Montbéliard, France.
29 and 30 March - 8:00 PM: Berlin Philharmonic with Reinbert de Leeuw Rundfunkchor Berlin, Peter Serkin (piano), Dominique Kim (ondes martenot) - Trois Petites Liturgies de la Presence Divine at Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany.
March 29 to April 1, 2008 - International Conference of Messiaen Studies - see above.
30 March - 11:00 AM: Emmanuelle Bertrand (violin), Patrick Messina (clarinet), François Chaplin (piano), Nicolas Dautricourt (violin) - Quatuor pour la fin du temps at Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne, France.
30 March - 7:00 PM: Hamburger Symphoniker with Yan Pascal Tortelier - Les offrandes oubliees at Laeiszhalle-Musikhalle, Gr. Saal, Hamburg, Germany
2 April - 8:00 PM: Ensemble Intercontemporain with Susanna Malkki, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), - Sept Haikai at Salle des concerts Cite de la Musique Paris, France.
3 April - 7:30 PM: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Les offrandes oubliées at Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, UK.
4 April - 8:00 PM: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France with Myung-Whun Chung - Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum; L'Ascension at Salle Pleyel, Paris, France.
5 April - 8:00 PM: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France with Myung-Whun Chung - Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum; L'Ascension in The Salle des Princes, Monaco.
6 April - 3:00 PM: Interpreting Messiaen's Organ Music. Lecture-recital by Andrew Shenton at Methuen Music Hall, Methuen, MA, USA
8 April - 8:00 PM: Jon Gillock, Le Banquet céleste, Apparition de l'Église éternelle, and La Nativité du Seigneur with pre-concert talk by Dr. Vincent Benitez at 7L30 pm; Worship Hall (Letourneau Organ), Pasquerilla Spiritual Center, Penn State University, State College, PA, USA.
April 9 - 8:00 PM: New Creations Festival, Peter Oundjian (conductor), and host. Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor, Toronto Symphony with Peter Serkin (piano) - Couleurs de la Cite Celeste and Oiseaux exotiques at Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada.
9 April - 8:00 PM: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande with Marek Janowski - Un Sourire; Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum at Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland.
From 10th to 19th April in Sweden: The Festival Olivier Messiaen 2008 - Artists taking part include: Carl-Axel Dominique, Hans-Ola Ericsson, Oskar Ekberg, Martin Sturfält, Kristina Lilliehöök. Works include: Quatour pour la Fin du Temps, Turangalila Symphonie, Theme et Variations, Fantaisie, Trois petite liturgies pour la Présence divine, Visions de l' amen, Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jesus plus organ recitals, talks and forums. Full details on the web site Festival Olivier Messiaen 2008.
10 April - 8:15 PM: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande with Marek Janowski - Un Sourire; Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum at Theatre de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland.
11 April - 8:00 PM: Quatuor pour la fin du temps, Ensemble QAT - Xavier Brossard-Ménard, clarinet; Chantal Bergeron, violin; Sheila Hannigan, cello; Sonia Wheaton Dudley, piano; Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
11 April - 8:00 PM: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France with Myung-Whun Chung - Eclairs sur l'au-dela at Salle Pleyel, Paris, France.
11 April - Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra with Sakari Or amo Jouko Laivuori (piano), Akateeminen Laulu, EMO Ensemble SonorEnsemble - La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ at Finlandia Hall (time t.b.a) Helsinki, Finland.
12 April - 8:00 PM: Chant d'Oiseaux (Livre d'Orgue), Vaughn Mauren, Battell Chapel at Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
12 April - 8:00 PM: New Creations Festival with Peter Oundjian (conductor), and host. Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor, Toronto Symphony Members of The Elmer Iseler Singers and The amadeus Choir with Peter Serkin (piano), Jean Laurendeau (ondes martenot) - Trois Petites Liturgies de la Presence Divine.
13 April - 9:30 AM: "Olivier Messiaen: A Life of Music, A Life of Faith" [A special panel discussion of music and spirituality] with Jeffrey Smith, Canon Director of Music (organ), Grace Cathedral; Paul Festa, filmmaker Apparition of the Eternal Church hosted by Alan Jones, dean of Grace Cathedral. Includes West Coast premiere of Fantaisie for violin and piano Paul festa (violin) and Steven Vanhauwaert (piano). Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA, USA.
13 April - 3:00 PM: Modern masterworks for choir and orchestra featuring motets by Messiaen, Grace Cathedral's Choir of Men and Boys, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA, USA.
13 April - 1:00 PM: Anna Christensson, Love Derwinger, Carl-Axel Dominique, Oskar Ekberg, Bengt Forsberg, Anders Kilstrom, Marten Landstrom, Roland Pontinen, Staffan Scheja, Kristine Scholz, Martin Sturfalt, Fredrik Ullen pianos - Catalogue d'oiseaux at Grunewaldsalen, Stockholm Festival Olivier Messiaen 2008.
15 April - Thomas Bloch, ondes Martenot; Trois Petites Liturgies, Stockholm Festival Olivier Messiean 2008.
16 & 17 April - 8:00 PM: Peter Oundjian conductor, Toronto Symphony; Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano), Jean Laurendeau (ondes martenot) - Turangalila Symphonie at Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto Canada.
April 16 and 17 - 7:30 M: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra with Alan Gilbert Joel Fan (piano), (ondiste t.b.a) - Turangalila Symphonie at Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
18 April - 7:00 PM: Screening of the film Apparition of the Eternal Church; Paul Festa, filmmaker; with Jeffrey Smith, Canon Director of Music (organ). Includes West Coast premiere of Fantaisie for violin and piano Paul festa (violin) and Steven Vanhauwaert (piano). Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA, USA.
April 18 and 19 - 8:00 PM; April 20 - 2:30 PM: Houston Symphony Orchestra with Louis Langree - Les offrandes oubliees at Jones Hall, Houston, Texas, USA.
20 April - 3:00 PM: Meditations sur Le Mystere de la Sante Trinite, Gail Archer, organ: Church of St. Vincent Ferrer. 869 Lexington Ave., New York, NY. USA.
20 April - 4:00 PM: Selected movements from Messiaen's organ works; Clive Driskill-Smith of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; Grace Cathedral, San Francisco CA, USA.
21 April - 8:15 PM: Sharon Bezaly, flute, Ronald Brautig am (piano), - Le merle noir at Concertgebouw Kleine Zaal, Amsterdam, Holland.
23 April - 8:15 PM: Quatour pour la fin du temps, Tashi, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, USA
25 April - 7:30 PM: Visions de L'Amen, Isabelle O'Connell and Laura Barger, piano, Yamaha Artist Services, New York, New York, USA
25 April - 8:00 PM: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Maitrise de Radio France with Myung-Whun Chung - Trois Petites Liturgies de la Presence Divine at Salle Pleyel Paris, France.
27 April - 2:15 PM: Leden van het Koninklijk Concertgebouwest, Marta Bon (piano) - Piece pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas; Prelude; Le merle noir (Petites esquisses d'oiseaux); Piece at Kleine Zaal, Amsterdam, Holland.
27 April - 8:30 PM: L’Ascension, Olivier Messiaen:Vincent Dubois, orgue; Scherzo, Jehan Alain; Petite rapsodie improvisée, Charles Tournemire; Suite, Maurice Duruflé at l'Eglise de La Tinite, Paris, France.
1 May - 5:00 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' Robert Quiiey - L'Ascension at Westminster Abbey, London, UK.
3 May - 3:00 PM: David Shifrin (clarinet),te Vera Beths (violin), Desmond Hoebig (violin),celle Sara Rothenberg (piano), - Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps, Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne, France.
3 May - 8:00 PM: SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg with Sylvain Cambreling, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), - Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum; Oiseaux exotiques at Freiburg, Konzerthaus, Rolf Bohme Saal, Germany.
3 May - 6:00 PM; 5 May - 9:00 PM; 6 May - 7:30 PM: Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia with Kazushi Ono - Couleurs de la Cite Celeste at Santa Cecilia Hall, Rome, Italy.
4 May - 3:00 PM: L'Ascension, Le banquet celeste, Mondie, and Messe de la Pentecote, Henry Fairs, organ; Tickets for each concert: £9, £4 Friends/concessions, £2 students, available from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts; University Great Hall, Birmingham, UK.
4 May - 7:00 PM: SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiberg with Sylvain Cambreling, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), - Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum; Oiseaux exotiques at Grosser Saal Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany.
5 May - 3:00 PM and 8:00 PM: Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, France - La leçon de musique de Jean-Francois Zygel - Jean-François Zygel, piano - Thomas Bloch, ondes Martenot - Jean Boucault and Johny Rasse, birds singers.
6 and 7 May - 7:30 PM: Tonhalle-Orchester with Eliahu Inbal, Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Tristan Murail (ondes martenot) - Turangalila Symphonie at Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland.
7 May - 8:00 PM: Alban Gerhardt with Steven Osborne, L.Batiashvili and K.Kriikku - Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps in Stockholm, Sweden.
7 May - 7:30 PM: Petites esquisses d'oiseaux at Wigmore Hall
8 May - 8:00 PM: Elisabeth Batiashvilli (violin),; Alban Gerhardt (cello), Steven Osborne (piano), Kari Krikku (clarinet), - Quatuor pour la fin du temps at Centre for Fine Arts/Henry Le Boeuf Hall, Brussels, Belgium.
8 May - 8:00 PM: Christine Schäfer, Sopran; Eric Schneider, Klavier - Poèmes pour Mi at Kölner Philharmonie, Germany.
9 May - 8:00 PM: Olivier Latry Orgen - Le Banquet céleste; L'Ascension; Messe de la Pentecôte at Kölner Philharmonie, Germany.
11 May - 4:00 PM: The Pentecost Mass, Ben Bachmann, Assistant Director of Music, Grace Cathedral, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco CA, USA.
11 May - 4:30 PM: Messe de la Pentecôte, Olivier Messiaen; Eric Lebrun, orgue; Veni Creator, Maurice Duruflé at l'Eglise de La Tinite, Paris, France.
11 May - 2:15 pm: 20th Festival International Days of Krakow Composers (www.zkp.krakow.pl); Pre-concert talk with Jerzy Stankiewicz; Messe de la Pentecôte with Witold Zaborny, orgue at Mariacki Church, Krakow, Poland.
12 May - 9:30 PM: Angelica Festival(www.aaa-angelica.com); Messiaen at Autour de Messiaen; Louange à l'Eternité de Jesus, 5th movment of the Quator pour la fin du Temps, written for cello and piano, permitted also for ondes Martenot and piano; Feuillets inédits four original works for ondes Martenot and piano written probably in 1989; Abîme des oiseaux, 3th movment of the Quator pour la fin du Temps, written for clarinet in Sib, permitted also for ondes Martenot and piano; Vocalise-étude, work for soprano and piano written in 1935, permitted also for ondes Martenot and piano; Le merle noire, written in 1951 for flute and piano, permitted also for ondes Martenot and piano; Louange à l'Immortalité de Jésus, 8th and the last movment of the Quator pour la fin du temps, written for violin and piano, permitted also for ondes Martenot and piano; ondes Martenot - Nadia Ratsimandresy and piano - Matteo Ramon Arevalos; Teatro San Leonardo, Bologna, Italy
14-16 May - 9:15 PM: Il Suono dei Soli - Curva Minore (www.curvaminore.org); Messiaen at Autour de Messiaen; Louange à l'Eternité de Jesus, 5th movment of the Quator pour la fin du Temps, written for cello and piano, permitted also for ondes Martenot and piano; Feuillets inédits four original works for ondes Martenot and piano written probably in 1989; Abîme des oiseaux, 3th movment of the Quator pour la fin du Temps, written for clarinet in Sib, permitted also for ondes Martenot and piano; Vocalise-étude, work for soprano and piano written in 1935, permitted also for ondes Martenot and piano; Le merle noire, written in 1951 for flute and piano, permitted also for ondes Martenot and piano; Louange à l'Immortalité de Jésus, 8th and the last movment of the Quator pour la fin du temps, written for violin and piano, permitted also for ondes Martenot and piano;ondes Martenot - Nadia Ratsimandresy and piano - Matteo Ramon Arevalos; Auditorium della RAI and Castello della Cuba, Palermo, Italy.
15 May - 8:00 PM; 16th - 11:00 AM; 17th - 8:00 PM; 18th - 2:00 PM: Los Angeles PO with Christoph von Dohnanyi, (conductor), - Oiseaux exotiques with Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) at Walt Disney Hall, Los Angeles, USA.
15 May - 8:00 PM: Almut Rößler, Orgen - Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinite at Kölner Philharmonie, Germany.
15 May - 8:00 PM: Mitsuko Uchida & Friends - Quatuor pour la fin du temps at the Philadelphia Kimmel Center, Perelman Theater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
16 May - Les Jeunes Solistes Philippe Cuper (clarinet),te Thibault Vieux (violin), Alexis Descharmes (violincelle), Christine Lagniel (piano), Rachid Safir dir. - Quatuor pour la fin du temps at amphithéâtre Bastille, Paris, France.
16 May - 7:00 PM: Organ music of Olivier Messiaen: Les corps glorieux VI. Joie et clarté des corps glorieux; Prélude; Messe de la Pentecôte IV. Communion, V. Sortie; Apparition de l’église éternelle; Livre du Saint Sacrement I. Adoro te, VIII. Institution de l’Eucharistie, IX. Les Ténèbres, X. La Réssurection du Christ; Le banquet céleste; La Nativité du seigneur, IX. Dieu parmi nous. Performers: Aaron Burmeister, Andrew Hicks, Kurt Juhl, Jean Littlejohn at the First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA.
17 May - 7:30 PM: The Elysian Singers and guest conductor Stephen Jackson; O Sacruum Convivium!, Les Bergers (a movement from La Nativite du Seigneur arranged for voices by Stephen Jackson) and other works: Daniel-Lesur; Le Cantique des Cantiques, and pieces by Poulenc including Exultate Deo at St Luke's Church, Chelsea, London SW3, UK.
17 May - 7:30 PM: Mitsuko Uchida & Friends - Quatuor pour la fin du temps at Carnegie Hall: Zankel Hall, New York, USA.
17 May - Dame Gillian Weir - Messe de la Pentecote at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, UK.
17 - 18 - 19 May - 8:00 - at 7:30 PM: Oregon Symphony Orchestra - L'Ascension Carlos Kalmar, (conductor), at Arlene Schnitzer Hall, Oregon, USA.
17 May - 2:00 pm: 20th Festival International Days of Krakow Composers(www.zkp.krakow.pl); Andrzej Tatarski's performing La Colombe, Déchiffrage I, Le Merle bleu with Karol Szymanowski at Szymanowski's Museum, Villa Atma, Zakopane, Poland.
18 May - 4:00 PM: A Messiaen Sampler; organist Jeffrey Smith, Canon Director of Music, Grace Cathedral; soprano Christa Pfeiffer; pianist Kristin Pankonin; Grace Cathedral, San Franciso CA, USA.
18 May - 11:00 AM; 19th and 20th at 8:00 pm: Staatskapelle Dresden with Myung-Whun Chung - Les Offrandes Oubliées at Die Semperoper, Dresden, Germany.
18 May - 12:00 pm: 20th Festival International Days of Krakow Composers (www.zkp.krakow.pl); Krakow Centenary Concert for Olivier Messiaen, Pre-concert lecture with Jerzy Stankiewicz; Préludes, Thème et Variations, Trois Mélodies, Déchiffrage I, Tombeau de Paul Dukas, Le Merle noir, Petites Esquisses des Oiseaux, Krakow's Academy Music students and profesors: Anna Krawczyk (soprano), Justyna Duda-Krane (violin), Andrzej Tatarski (piano), Janina Werner (piano) at Florianka Hall, Krakow, Poland.
20 and 22 May: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with Ilan Volkov, Steven Osborne (piano), Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot) - Turangalila Symphonie at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK.
20 May 8:15 PM: Ralph van Raat (piano), - Vingt Regards sur l'enfant Jesus at De Doelen Jurriaanse Zaal Rotterdam, Holland.
20 May - 8:30 PM: Méditations sur le Mystère de la Sainte Trinité with Hans-Ola Ericsson, orgue at l'Eglise de La Tinite, Paris, France.
22 May - 8:00 PM: Hans Ola Ericsson Orgen - Livre du Saint Sacrement, (1984) Kölner Philharmonie, Germany.
22 May - 8:30 PM: and 24 May at 6:00 PM: Orchestre National de Lyon with Jun Markl - Les Offrandes oubliees at Auditorium de Lyon, France.
22 May - 8:30 PM and 23 May - 9:00 PM: RAI Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale with Oleg Caetani - Hymne at Auditorium Rai - piazza Rossaro - Torino, Italy.
27 May - Staatskapelle Dresden with Myung-Whun Chung - Les Offrandes Oubliées at La Halle aux Grains, Toulouse, France.
27 May 27 - 8:00 PM: Angers, France - Theatre - Cabaret Classique de Jean-Francois Zygel, 4eme Feuillet Inédit, Thomas Bloch, ondes Martenot - Jean-Francois Zygel, piano.
28 May - 8:30 PM: members of The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra - Theme et Variations De Doelen Eduard Flipse Zaal Rotterdam, Holland.
29 May - 7:00 PM: Livre du Saint Sacrement, Gail Archer, organ: St. Patrick's Cathedral. 5th Ave., New York, NY USA.
29 May - 8:00 PM: Staatskapelle Dresden with Myung-Whun Chung - Les Offrandes oubliees at Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France.
29 May - 12:45 PM: Le Banquet céleste and Offrande au Saint Sacrement with Loïc Mallié, orgue at l'Eglise de La Tinite, Paris, France.
29 May - 6:30 PM: O Sacrum Convivium Élèves chanteurs des conservatoires, directed by Rachid Safir at l'Eglise de La Tinite, Paris, France.
29 May - 8:30 PM: Le Livre du Saint Sacrement, Loic Mallié, orgue at l'Eglise de La Tinite, Paris, France.
30 May - 8:00 PM: Staatskapelle Dresden with Myung-Whun Chung - Les offrandes oubliees at Centre for Fine Arts/Henry Le Boeuf Hall, Brussels, Belgium.
30 May - 7:30 PM: RSO-Wien/Bertrand de Billy - Un sourire, Musikverein, Vienna, Austria.
30 May - 9:30 PM: Sandro Ivo Bartoli's concert at the Teatro Goldoni of Livorno; The programme is: Préludes pour piano and Catalogue d'Oiseaux 7me Livre (La Buse Variable, Le Traquet Rieur, Le Courlis Cendré); the concert is part of a Festival of national resonance here called 'Comizi di Maggio'; Livorno, Italy
June 1 - 11:00 AM: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie with Hans Zender Stefan Litwin (piano), Sept Haikai at Congreshalle, Saarbrucken, Germany.
5 and 6 June - 8:30 PM: Orchestre national de France with John Eliot Gardiner - Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum at Basilique Saine-Denis, Paris, France.
6 June - 7:00 pm: L'Ascension, Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with Marek Pijarowski (conductor), Philharmonic Hall, Krakow, Poland.
6 June - 8:15 PM: Holland Festival with conductor Myung-Whun Chung - L'Ascension.
7 June - 8:00 PM: Holland Festival "Religion" with conductor Myung-Whun Chung - L'Ascension
June 7 - 8:00 PM: Königliches Concertgebouworchester Amsterdam, Kasushi Ono Dirigent - L'Ascension, Kölner Philharmonie, Germany.
7 June - 2:15 PM: Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Groot Omroepkoor/Reinbert de Leeuw - La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ at Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.
7 June - 6:30 pm: L'Ascension, Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with Marek Pijarowski (conductor), Philharmonic Hall, Krakow, Poland.
12 June - 8:15 PM: Ralph van Raat (piano), - Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus at Concertebouw Kleine Zaal, Amsterdam.
12 June - 12:45 PM: Créations mondiales en hommage à Olivier Messiaen, Carolyn Shuster Fournier, orgue; Regards sur la Genèse, Jacques Castérède; Ubi caritas, Jacques Charpentier; A-Dieu, Michael Lévinas; Choeur Janua Caeli, directed by Brigitte Lazarevic at l'Eglise de La Tinite, Paris, France.
13 and 14 June 2008 - 8:15 PM: Royal Concertgebouw Orch Ingo Metzmacher, (conductor) - Eclairs sur l'Au-dela... at Concertebouw, Amsterdam.
June 13 - 8:00 PM: Orchestre symphonique de la Monnaie Myung Whun Chung Dirigent Jan Michiels (piano), Couleurs de la Cité Céleste at Philharmonie de Luxembourg.
14 June - 7:30 PM: RSO-Wien/Bertrand de Billy - Les offrandes oubliees Festspiele Europaische Wochen, Passau, Germany.
15 June - 8:00 PM: Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie/Kazushi Ono Jan Michiels (piano), Couleurs de la Cite Celeste Centre for Fine Arts/Henry Le Boeuf Hall, Brussels, Belgium.
15 June - Orchestre National de Lorraine Jacques Mercier dir. - Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum and Norbert Petry, orgue - L'Ascension at Cathédrale de Metz, France.
15 June - 19 Fabian Dirr (clarinet),te Eva Lüdenbach (violin), Anke Heyn (violin),celle Paul Rivinius (piano), - Quatuor pour la fin du Temps at Schloss Albrechtsberg / Kronensaal, Dresden, Germany.
June 2008 - 1- 4 - 7 - 11 - 16- 19- 22- 26- 29 De Nederlandse Opera presents Saint François d´Assise musical director Ingo Metzmacher, director Pierre Audi; L´Ange Camilla Tilling, Saint François Rodney Gilfry at Het MuziekTheater Amsterdam, Holland.
19, 20, 21 June - 8:15 PM: Royal Concertgebouw Orch with Mariss Jansons, (conductor); Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), - Turangalila Symphonie at Concertebouw, Amsterdam, Holland.
20-24 June - Messiaen 2008 - International Centenary Conference, Birmingham Conservatoire, UK.
20 June - International Centenary Conference concert includes Les Offrandes oubliees, Sept Haikai, L'Ascension and Oiseaux exotiques, Birmingham Conservatoire, England.
21 June - 7:00 PM: Ravenna Festival - Omaggio a Giacinto Scelsi - (www.ravennafestival.org); Messiaen at Autour de Messiaen; Louange à l'Eternité de Jesus, 5th movment of the Quator pour la fin du Temps, written for cello and piano, permitted also for ondes Martenot and piano; Feuillets inédits four original works for ondes Martenot and piano written probably in 1989; Abîme des oiseaux, 3th movment of the Quator pour la fin du Temps, written for clarinet in Sib, permitted also for ondes Martenot and piano; Vocalise-étude, work for soprano and piano written in 1935, permitted also for ondes Martenot and piano; Le merle noire, written in 1951 for flute and piano, permitted also for ondes Martenot and piano; Louange à l'Immortalité de Jésus, 8th and the last movment of the Quator pour la fin du temps, written for violin and piano, permitted also for ondes Martenot and piano; ondes Martenot - Nadia Ratsimandresy and piano - Matteo Ramon Arevalos; (place t.b.a.) - Ravenna, Italy.
21 June - 7:30 PM: Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico - Maxine Thévenot, Founding director; Welcome the Summer Solstice and hear their debut as a 20-voice ensemble; O Sacrum convivium atCathedral Church of St. John Albuquerque, NM USA.
22 June - Ensemble Intercontemporain Susanna Mälkki dir. Jean-Cristophe Vervoitte, cor; Vincent Bauer, xylophone; Michel Cerruti, glockenspiel; Hidéki Nagano (piano), - Des Canyons aux étoiles at Athènes, Greece.
24 June – 8:00 PM: AGO Messiaen Festival Concert – including selections from Thème et Variations, Poèmes pour Mi, Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus, Quatuor pour la fin du temps, Fête des Belles Eaux. Followed by a screenig of Paul Festa’s film Apparition of the Eternal Church. Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
26 June - 7:30 PM: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam with Mariss Jansons, conductor; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano and Cynthia Millar, ondes Martenot - Turangalila Symphonie at Barbican Hall, London, UK.
27 June, 2008: Sandro Ivo Bartoli's performing Préludes pour piano and Catalogue d'Oiseaux 7me Livre (La Buse Variable, Le Traquet Rieur, Le Courlis Cendré); held at Teatro degli Animosi in Carrara and sponsored and organized by the Alliance Francaise; Carrara, Italy.
29 June - 8:30 PM: Royal Concertgebouw Orch Mariss Jansons, (conductor); Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) - Turangalila Symphonie at Palazzo di Carlo V, Granada, Spain.
2 July - 8:00 PM: SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg/Sylvain C ambreling Roger Muraro (piano), - La ville d'en-haut at Freiburg, Konzerthaus, Rolf Bohme Saal, Germany.
July - The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France will inaugurate The 2008 - BBC PROMS season with The music of Messiaen.
4 July - 8:00 PM: Organist Theo Jellema plays Dyptique, Verset pour la Fête de la Dédicace on the 4-manual all-mechanical Flentrop organ at the Grote Kerk (main church) in the town of Breda in the South of the Netherlands; more information at info@stichtingorgelconcertenbreda.nl; Breda, Netherlands.
7 July - 7.30 PM: O sacrum convivium, Le banquet Celeste, Offrande et Alleluia Finale, Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum. RNCM Wind Orchestra, Timothy Reynish (Conductor), The Oriel Singers, Tim Morris – Director), St Cecilia Singers, Russell Burton (Director), Carleton Etherington, Organ. Part of the Cheltenham Festival. Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, UK.
10 July - 9:00 PM: Messiaen au pays de la Meije Olivier Latry, orgue - La Nativité du Seigneur.
11 July - 8:00 PM: Organist Anton Doornhein plays La Nativité du Seigneur on the 4-manual all-mechanical Flentrop organ at the Grote Kerk (main church) in the town of Breda in the South of the Netherlands; more information at info@stichtingorgelconcertenbreda.nl; Breda, Netherlands.
11 July - 9:00 PM: Messiaen au pays de la Meije Marc Coppey (cello), Tedi Papavr ami (violin), Nicolas Baldeyrou (clarinet), Peter Laul (piano), - Quatuor pour la fin du temps.
12 July - 11:00 AM: Messiaen au pays de la Meije Autour de Messiaen...Alain Daboncourt, flûte.
12 July - 8:00 PM: Messiaen au pays de la Meije Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Myung-Whun Chung, Maîtrise de Radio France Roger Muraro (piano), Valérie Hartman-Claverie (ondes martenot) (piano), - Couleurs de la Cité Céleste, Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine.
13 July - The first performance in Panama of the Quartet for the End of Times will take place at the Panama Contemporary Art Museum; performers are María Inés Rodríguez (piano), Graciela Núñez (violin), Yumiko Tokumoto (cello) and Reinaldo Alvarez (clarinet); there will also be a seminar on The Musical Language of Olivier Messiaen (Monday, July 7-10), and the conference Listening to End of Times (Saturday, July 12); Panama.
13 July - 5:00 PM: Messiaen au pays de la Meije Lauréat du Concours Olivier Messiaen 2007.
13 July - 9:00 PM: Messiaen au pays de la Meije Autour de Messiaen... Quatuor Parisii.
14 July - 8:00 PM: Messiaen au pays de la Meije Orchestre régional de Cannes - P.A.C.A. Philippe Bender dir.; Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum.
14 July: La Orquesta Filarmonica de Montevideo, Uruguay; Oiseaux Exotiques, Julieta Nicolini, piano and Stanley DeRusha, conductor; Sponsored by the French Embassy in Honor of Messiaen's 100th Anniversary; El Teatro Solis, Montevideo, Uruguay.
15 July - 9:00 PM: Messiaen au pays de la Meije Autour de Messiaen...Ensemble Les Temps Modernes.
16 July - 9:00 PM: Messiaen au pays de la Meije, Visions de l' amen Markus Bellheim (piano), Birgit Urban (piano).
16 July - 9:00 PM: Messiaen au pays de la Meije, L'ascension vers une première matûrité (1908-1948).
17 July - 9:00 PM: Messiaen au pays de la Meije Peter Hill (piano), Catalogue d'oiseaux Huit préludes Petites Esquisses d'oiseaux
17 July - 9:00 PM: Messiaen au pays de la Meije L'accomplissement d'un art (1948-1992).
18 July - 9:00 PM: Messiaen au pays de la Meije Mireille Delunsch (soprano), Michel Béroff (piano), Harawi.
18 July - 10.00 PM: Quartet for the End of Time, Part of the Cheltenham Festival. Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, UK.
20 July - 5:00 PM: Messiaen au pays de la Meije Régis Pasquier (violin), Roland Pidoux (violin),celle Jean-Claude Pennetier (piano), Pascal Moraguès (clarinet), Quatuor pour la fin du temps.
20 July - 9:00 PM: Messiaen au pays de la Meije Ensemble vocal Sequenza 9-3 CaTherine Simonpietri dir. - Cinq Rechants
15 July - 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' Gillian Weir will open The Westminster Abbey Summer Organ Festival with a -ance of Meditations sur le Mystere de la Sainte Trinite at Westminster Abbey, London, UK.
17 July - 7:00 PM: Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Hidemi Murase Chorus: New National Theatre Chorus - La Transfiguration de notre seigneur Jesus-Christ Piano : Kawori Kimura Cello: Hakuro Mori Flute: Atsushi Ichinohe Clarinet: Yoko Fujii Marimba: Kyoko Kato Xylorimba: Takafumi Fujimoto Vibraphone: Conductor: Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos. Tokyo, Japan.
18 July 2008 - 3:00 PM: Organist Gerrie Meijers plays L'Ascension on the 4-manual all-mechanical Flentrop organ at the Grote Kerk (main church) in the town of Breda in the South of the Netherlands; more information at info@stichtingorgelconcertenbreda.nl; Breda, Netherlands.
22 July - 7:30 PM: From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' J ames O'Donnell - an all Messiaen recital at Westminster Abbey, London, UK.
25 July - 3:00 PM: Organist Theo Visser plays selected pieces from Livre d'Orgue on the 4-manual all-mechanical Flentrop organ at the Grote Kerk (main church) in the town of Breda in the South of the Netherlands; more information at info@stichtingorgelconcertenbreda.nl; Breda, Netherlands.
26 July - 7:30 PM: Quatuor pour le fin du temps; Judith Eissenberg (violin), Jo Ann Sternberg (clarinet), Eric Jacobsen (cello), Sonia Rubinsky (piano); Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East, Bennington College, Vermont. USA.
1 August - 3:00 PM: Organist Ignace Michiels plays Messe de la Pentecôte on the 4-manual all-mechanical Flentrop organ at the Grote Kerk (main church) in the town of Breda in the South of the Netherlands; more information at info@stichtingorgelconcertenbreda.nl; Breda, Netherlands.
5 August - 7:30 PM: Quatuor pour la fin du temps, in the HortusFestival; Maarten van Veen, piano; Botanical Garden, Haren, the Netherlands.
6 August - 7:30 PM: Quatuor pour la fin du temps, in the HortusFestival; Maarten van Veen, piano; Arboretum, Putten, the Netherlands.
7 August - 8:00 PM: Quatuor pour la fin du temps, Tashi, Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood Festival, Lenox, MA, USA.
7 August - 7:30 PM: Quatuor pour la fin du temps, in the HortusFestival; Maarten van Veen, piano; Oudenbosch, the Netherlands.
8 August - 3:00 PM: Organist Jacques van Oortmerssen plays Le Banquet céleste and l'Apparation de l'église éternelle on the 4-manual all-mechanical Flentrop organ at the Grote Kerk (main church) in the town of Breda in the South of the Netherlands; more information at info@stichtingorgelconcertenbreda.nl; Breda, Netherlands.
8 August - 8:30 PM: Et exspecto ressurectionem mortuorum, Welser-Möst, Cleveland Orchestra, Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA.
8 and 9 August - 7:30 PM: Quatuor pour la fin du temps, in the HortusFestival; Maarten van Veen, piano; Hortus Botanicus, Leiden the Netherlands.
10 - 11 - 13 August - Sydnet Symphony Orchestra, Simone Young, Cedric Tiberghien - Turangalîlâ-Symphonie venue tba Sydney Australia
15 August - 3:00 PM: Organist Jan Hage plays selected pieces from Les Corps glorieux on the 4-manual all-mechanical Flentrop organ at the Grote Kerk (main church) in the town of Breda in the South of the Netherlands; more information at info@stichtingorgelconcertenbreda.nl; Breda, Netherlands.
21 - 30 August, 2008: York Minster Messiaen Festival; This will see a complete performance, in chronological order, of Messiaen's entire output for organ; York, UK.
24 August - 8:30 PM: Irno Festival - "Auguri Giacomo" (www.irnofestival.it); Messiaen at Autour de Messiaen; Louange à l'Eternité de Jesus, 5th movment of the Quator pour la fin du Temps, written for cello and piano, permitted also for ondes Martenot and piano; Feuillets inédits four original works for ondes Martenot and piano written probably in 1989; Abîme des oiseaux, 3th movment of the Quator pour la fin du Temps, written for clarinet in Sib, permitted also for ondes Martenot and piano; Vocalise-étude, work for soprano and piano written in 1935, permitted also for ondes Martenot and piano; Le merle noire,, written in 1951 for flute and piano, permitted also for ondes Martenot and piano; Louange à l'Immortalité de Jésus, 8th and the last movment of the Quator pour la fin du temps, written for violin and piano, permitted also for ondes Martenot and piano; ondes Martenot - Nadia Ratsimandresy and piano - Matteo Ramon Arevalos; Chiesa del SS. Salvatore a Calvanico, Salerno, Italy.
25 August - 8:30 PM: Et exspecto ressurectionem mortuorum, Welser-Möst, Cleveland Orchestra, Salzburg Festival, Austria.
29 August - 8:00 PM: Organist Willem Tanke plays selected pieces from Livre du Saint-Sacrement on the 4-manual all-mechanical Flentrop organ at the Grote Kerk (main church) in the town of Breda in the South of the Netherlands; more information at info@stichtingorgelconcertenbreda.nl; Breda, Netherlands.
4 - 21 September: 08 Musik Fest Berlin; At the centre of the programme is the music of Olivier Messiaen, whose oeuvre will be presented in a portrait of 13 orchestral works and 12 concerts, from the early symphonic meditations of the 1930s to the 12, 13 and 14-movement late compositions; performed by the Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal, St. Johannes-Evangelist-Kirche, RadialsystemV Hangar 2 im Flughafen Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany.
4 September - Berlin Philharmonic Simon Rattle dir. - Turangalîlâ-Symphonie at Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool UK
6 September 2008 - 8:00 PM: Quatuor pour le fin du temps; Doris Stevenson, piano; Joanna Kurkowicz, violin; Susan Martula, clarinet; Nathaniel Parke, cello; Williams College Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall, Williamstown, MA, USA.
7 September - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Mariss Jansons dir. Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Turangalîlâ-Symphonie at Lucerne, Suisse
10 September - 8:00PM: Quartet for the End of Time, Bruce Brubaker, piano, Elissa Cassini, violin, Benjamin Fingland, clarinet, Christopher Gross, cello, SummerMusic Festival, Iowa Historical Society, Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
11 September - 8:00PM: Quartet for the End of Time, Bruce Brubaker, piano, Elissa Cassini, violin, Benjamin Fingland, clarinet, Christopher Gross, cello, SummerMusic Festival, Iowa Historical Society, Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
18 September - Ensemble Intercontemporain, Susanna Mälkki dir. Jean-Cristophe Vervoitte, cor; Vincent Bauer, xylophone; Michel Cerruti, glockenspiel; Hidéki Nagano (piano), Des Canyons aux étoiles at Turin, Italy.
18 September - 8:30 PM: Visions de l'Amen, with Benjamin Frith and Peter Hill, two pianos at l'Eglise de La Tinite, Paris, France.
19 September - Ensemble Intercontemporain, Susanna Mälkki dir. Jean-Cristophe Vervoitte, cor; Vincent Bauer, xylophone; Michel Cerruti, glockenspiel; Hidéki Nagano (piano), Des Canyons aux étoiles at Milan, Italy.
19 September 2008 - 8:00 PM: Apparition de l'Église éternelle, Monodie, Diptyque, Clint Kraus, organ; Les Corps glorieux, Joseph Adam, organ; St. James Cathedral, Seattle, Washington, USA.
21 September - Ensemble Intercontemporain, Susanna Mälkki dir. Jean-Cristophe Vervoitte, cor; Vincent Bauer, xylophone; Michel Cerruti, glockenspiel; Hidéki Nagano (piano), Des Canyons aux étoiles at Berlin, Germany.
24 September – 8:00PM: Christopher Taylor, piano, Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant Jesus. Part of the SMU conference Messiaen: The Musician as Theologian, Caruth Auditorium, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA.
25 September – 8:00PM: George Baker, organ, La Nativité du Seigneur. Part of the SMU conference Messiaen: The Musician as Theologian, Perkins Chapel, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA.
26 September – 8:00PM: Virginia Dupuy, soprano; and Shields-Collins Bray, piano; Harawi. Part of the SMU conference Messiaen: The Musician as Theologian, Careth Auditorium, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA.
26 September - Time TBA: Norway premiere of Apparition of the Eternal Church, Cinemateket Trondheim, Vår Frue Kirke (The Church of Our Lady), Norway.
26 September - 1:00 PM: Texas premiere of Apparition of the Eternal Church, with Q&A/reading/remarks; $15 general admission or $5 for students (contact linhn@smu.edu or 214-768-3515 for more information); Southern Methodist University symposium Olivier Messiaen: The Musician as Theologian Smith Auditorium, Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd., Dallas, TX, USA.
27 September – 3:00PM: Carol Leone, piano; Lynda O'Conner, violin; Andres Diaz, cello; Paul Garner, clarinet; Quatuor pour le fin du temps. Part of the SMU conference Messiaen: The Musician as Theologian, Careth Auditorium, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA.
27 September – 8:00PM: Annie Lin and Steven Hall, piano; Visions de l’Amen. Part of the SMU conference Messiaen: The Musician as Theologian, Northaven United Methodist Church, Dallas, TX, USA.
2 October - 7:30 PM: Dame Gillian Weir, organ; program will include Messiaen’s Messe de la Pentecote, interspersed with movements by J. S. Bach and Couperin; 6:15 pm: Pre-concert lecture by Robert Fallon, PhD; Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
2 October - 5:30 PM: Ouverture et vernissage d'une exposition permanente L’église de la Trinité, "Messiaen et Saint-François d’Assise" at l'Eglise de La Trinité, Paris, France.
2 October - 8:30 PM: Concert d’improvisation sur les textes de l’opéra Saint François d'Assise, Thierry Escaich, orgue at l'Eglise de La Tinite, Paris, France.
3 October - 7:30 PM: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, conductor/piano; 6:15 pm: Pre-concert conversation with Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Gerard McBurney; University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
3 October - 7:30 PM: Quartet for the End of Time, Gilbert Kalish, piano; Daniel Hope, violin; David Shifrin, clarinet; Russell Watkins, cello, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York, New York, USA.
4 October - 7:30 PM: Contempo: Spheres of Influence with Cliff Colnot, conductor; Shulamit Ran, artistic director; Featuring members of eighth blackbird and the Pacifica Quartet,Stephen Gosling, piano; Messiaen's Piece for Piano and String Quartet and works of his students inspired by his music; University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
4 October - 11:15 AM: Illinois premiere of Apparition of the Eternal Church, with Q&A;University of Chicago Presents 2008 Messiaen Festival, The Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-102, Chicago, IL, USA.
5 October - 3:00 PM: John Bruce Yeh, clarinet; Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Gary Hoffman, cello; Christopher Taylor, piano; and at 2:00 pm a pre-concert performance by New Budapest Orpheum Society; University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
5 October 2008 - 5:00 PM: Quartet for the End of Time, Gilbert Kalish, piano; Daniel Hope, violin; David Shifrin, clarinet; Russell Watkins, cello, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York, New York, USA.
6 October - 7:30 PM: Thomas Weisflog, organ and the Rockefeller Chapel Choir with James Kallembach, director; pre-concert lecture by Andrew Shenton. Program to include Messiaen’s O sacrum convivium! at Rockefeller Chapel, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
6 October - 7:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' Charles Cole organ, Concert featuring Messiaen's organ works in the context of the great French organ tradition at The London Oratory, London, UK.
6 October - 8:00 PM:, First Monday concert includes Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time with James Buswell, violin; Yeesun Kim, cello; Bharat Chandra, clarinet; Bruce Brubaker, piano and Le Merle noir with Paula Robison, flute; Bruce Brubaker, piano at the New England Conservatory, Jordan Hall, Boston, MA, USA.
7 October 7 - 7:30 PM: Marjorie Owens, soprano; Simin Ganatra, violin; Sibbi Bernhardsson, violin; Amy Dissanayake, piano; Theme and Variations, Fantaisie and Poèmes pour Mi; at 6:15 PM: Pre-concert lecture by David Bevington, Phyllis Fay Horton Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Humanities; Fulton Recital Hall, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
8 October - 7:00 PM: Screening of Apparition of the Eternal Church with live organ accompaniment, Q&A/reading/remarks; Saint James Cathedral, Wabash and Huron, Chicago IL, USA.
9 October - 12:15 PM: Tony Arnold, soprano; Jacob Greenberg, piano; Messiaen's Harawi; Fulton Recital Hall, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
9 October - 6:15 PM: Alain Daboncourt, flute; Lei Wang, piano; Alliance Française de Chicago; Pre-concert lecture by Peter Hill, PhD; University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
10 October - 7:30 PM: Christopher Taylor, piano; Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus (Twenty Contemplations on the Infant Jesus); Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL, USA.
12 October - Orchestre National de Lille, Jean-Claude Casadesus dir., Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum at Palais des Beaux Arts, Bruxelles, Belgique.
13 October - 7:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' John McGreal organ, Concert featuring Messiaen's organ works in the context of the great French organ tradition at The London Oratory, London, UK.
16 October - 7:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' Philharmonia Orchestra, chorus and soloists (tbc), dir. Kent Nagano - La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ at Royal Festival Hall, London, UK.
16 October - 7:30 PM: Quatuor pour la fin du temps, Daniel Szasz (violin), Kathleen Costello (clarinet), Wei Liu (Cello), Alina Voicu (piano); Brock Recital Hall, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
16 & 17 October - Messiaen Study Days with Willem Tanke (organ) at the Orgelpark, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
17 October - 7:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' RAM students - Preludes (selections), Piece pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas, Canteyodjaya, Le merle de roche, Le traquet strapezin, at Royal Academy of Music, London, UK.
18 October 2008 - 8:00p.m.: L'Ascension; Edwin Lawrence, organ; Williams College Thompson Memorial Chapel, Williamstown, MA, USA.
19 October - 3:00 PM: Apparition de l'église éternelle; Verset pour la Fête de la Dédicace; Livre d'orgue, Henry Fairs, organ; Tickets for each concert: £9, £4 Friends/concessions, £2 students, available from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts; University Great Hall, Birmingham, UK.
19 October - 11:00 PM: Concert à quatre, Dirk Peppel (flute), Kai Bantelmann (oboe), Thomas Gieron (cello), Stephan Veselka (piano), Badische Staatskapelle with Justin Brown (conductor); Staatstheater, Karlsruhe, Germany.
20 October - 8:00 PM: Concert à quatre, Dirk Peppel (flute), Kai Bantelmann (oboe), Thomas Gieron (cello), Stephan Veselka (piano), Badische Staatskapelle with Justin Brown (conductor); Staatstheater, Karlsruhe, Germany.
20 October - 7:30 PM:'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' Patrick Russill organ, Concert featuring Messiaen's organ works in the context of the great French organ tradition at The London Oratory, London, UK.
20 October - Time TBA: Austin premiere of Apparition of the Eternal Church, Q&A/reading/remarks; Texas premiere of Messiaen's Fantaisie for violin and piano (pianist TBA); University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA.
21 October - 7:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' Philharmonia Orch, George Benjamin - Chronochromie at Royal Festival Hall, London, UK.
21 October - 7:30 PM: Canteyodjaya, Quatre Etudes de rythme; Phillip Bush, piano; Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, New York City, USA.
22 October - 7:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' RAM students - Fantaisie for violin et piano, La Mort du Nombre at Royal Academy of Music, London, UK.
23 October - 5:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' RAM students - Petites esquisses d'oiseaux at Royal Academy of Music, London, UK.
23 October - 7:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' Philharmonia Orch, Sylvain Cambreling - Réveil des oiseaux at Royal Festival Hall, London, UK.
23, 24, 25 October 2008 - 8:00 PM: Et exspecto ressurectionem mortuorum, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall, Boston, MA, USA.
24 October - 7:00 PM: New Hampshire premiere of Apparition of the Eternal Church, NHTI Film Society, Sweeney Auditorium, Concord, NH USA
24 October 2008 - 7:30 PM: Prélude pour orgue, L'Ascension, Messe de la Pentecôte, J. Melvin Butler, organ. St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, Washington, USA.
27 October - 7:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' David Titterington organ. - movements from Livre du Saint-Sacrement interspersed with Gregorian chant from The feast of Corpus Christi, at The London Oratory, London, UK.
28 October - 8:00 PM: Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire Isaac Karabtchevsky dir. Roger Muraro (piano), - Turangalîlâ-Symphonie, Cité des Congrès de Nantes, France.
31 October - 8:00 PM: Washington, D.C. premiere of Apparition of the Eternal Church; Library of Congress Mary Pickford Theater, James Madison Building, 3rd floor, Independence Ave SE, between 1st & 2nd Streets; Washington, DC, USA.
1 November - 10:00AM to 12:00PM: Piano Masterclass by Peter Hill as part of the Boston University Messiaen Project [BUMP]. The Concert Hall, College of Fine Arts, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
1 November - 7:30PM: Recital of Messiaen's piano music with Peter Hill, Luke Berryman and others as part of the Boston University Messiaen Project [BUMP]. The Concert Hall, College of Fine Arts, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
1 November - 6:00 PM: Washington, D.C., premiere of Messiaen's Fantaisie for violin and piano, with Jerome Lowenthal, piano; Remarks about the Fantaisie, Messiaen, and Apparition of the Eternal Church; reading from OH MY GOD: Messiaen in the Ear of the Unbeliever; Fantaisie performed on a violin from the Collections of Musical Instruments, Library of Congress The Coolidge Auditorium, 10 1st St, SE, Washington, DC, USA.
2 November - 3:00 PM: Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité, Henry Fairs, organ; University Great Hall, Birmingham, UK.
6 November - 8:30 PM: Apparition de l’Église éternelle, Verset pour la fête de la dédicace Sonate III, Jean-Pierre Leguay; Jean-Pierre Leguay, orgue at l'Eglise de La Tinite, Paris, France.
6 November - 7:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' Mitsuko Uchida and Young Artists - Quatuor pour la fin du temps at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK.
6 November - Orquestra Gulbenkian, Simone Young, director L'Ascension at Grande Auditorio, Lisbon, Portugal.
6 November – 8:00 PM: Olivier Messiaen at 100. The New Millennium Ensemble performs The Blackbird and the monumental Quartet for the End of Time, pianists Ursula Oppens and Jerome Lowenthal perform Visions of the Amen; Peter Norton Symphony Space, New York, NY, USA.
6 November - 2:00 PM: lectures on Messiaen's Language (AMS): Robert Fallon (Bowling Green State University), 'Irruption of the Eternal': Rhythmic Symbolism in Messiaen, 1960-74; Wai Ling Cheong (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Messiaen and Sound-Color Bedazzlement; Christoph Neidhöfer (McGill University), Olivier Messiaen's Transformations of Counterpoint; Andrew Shenton (Boston University), All Noise is Waste: Messiaen's Imaginative Use of the Leitmotif, Nashville, TN, USA.
7 November - Orquestra Gulbenkian, Simone Young director L'Ascension at Grande Auditorio, Lisbon, Portugal.
7 November 2008 - 8:00 PM: Le Livre du Saint Sacrement, Joseph Adam, organ; St. James Cathedral, Seattle, Washington, USA.
9 November - 6:30 PM: Quartet for the End of Time, Bruce Brubaker, piano, Elissa Cassini, violin, Ben Fingland, clarinet, and Susan Babini, cello; (le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York, USA.
9 November - 3:00 PM: the University of Delaware Symphony Orchestra, Brian Stone conducting, will perform Messiaen's L'Ascension in the University of Delaware Center for the Arts, in Newark, Delaware, USA.
10 November - 7:30 PM: Arizona premiere of Apparition of the Eternal Church, Beyond Messiaen, Arizona State University, Frank Lloyd Wright's Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium, 1200 S Forest Ave, Tempe, Arizona USA.
12 November - 8:30 PM: Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps; Charles Castleman, Kenneth Grant, Margery Hwang, Ulrika Davidsson; Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, USA.
15 November - 2:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 8:00 PM: ChamberBridge: Messiaen Illuminated; Trois Mélodies, excerpts of Chants de Terre et de Ciel, Poèmes pour Mi, Harawi, Préludes, Petits Esquisses d'Oiseaux, Fantaisie, Pièce pour piano et quatuor à cordes, Feuillets inédits. Commissions by Mei-Fang Lin and Gabriela Frank, works by Pierre Boulez, Tristan Murail, George Benjamin, Gérard Grisey, Ron Bruce Smith, Ed Campion, Betsy Jolas, André Jolivet, Claire Delbos, Maurice Emmanuel, Paul Dukas, and Claude Debusy; Lara Bruckmann (soprano), Eva-Maria Zimmermann (piano), Charlton Lee (viola), Kate Stenberg (violin), Matt Ingalls (clarinets), Mary Chun (ondes Martenot), Del Sol String Quartet, Graeme Jennings (violin/viola); Old First Church, San Francisco, CA, USA.
15 November 2008 - 8:00 PM: “La Ville d'en haut” and "Bryce Canyon et les rochers rouge-orange” from Des canyons aux étoiles; Williams Symphonic Winds, Steven Dennis Bodner, conductor; Chapin Hall, Williamstown, MA, USA.
16 November - 4:30 PM: Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps; Romain Garioud, violoncelle; Christian Lagarde, piano; Michel Lethiec, clarinette; Saskia Lethiec, violon; and exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum, Orchestre du CNR de Paris, direction Pierre-Michel Durand, at l'Eglise de La Tinite, Paris, France.
21 November - 8:00 PM: Un Sourire, Alabama Symphony Orchestra with Justin Brown (conductor); Alys Stephens Center, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
16 November - 3:00 PM: Selections from La Nativité du Seigneur, Marie-Claire Alain (organ), Toyota City Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
19 November - 7:00 PM: Selections from La Nativité du Seigneur, Marie-Claire Alain (organ), Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
21 November 2008 - 7:30 PM: Méditations sur le Mystère de la Sainte Trinité, Thomas Joyce, organ; St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, Washington, USA.
22 November - 8:00 PM: Un Sourire, Alabama Symphony Orchestra with Justin Brown (conductor); Alys Stephens Center, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
23 November - 4:00 PM: Messiaen recital by members of the Boston Chapter of the American Guild of Organists including Thomas Handel, Joshua Lawton, Lee Ridgway and Andrew Shenton, Mission Church, Boston, MA, USA.
23 November – 8:00 PM: Dame Gillian Weir, organ. Woolsey Hall, 500 College Street, New Haven, CT, USA.
24 November 2008 - 7:30 PM: Offrande au Saint Sacrement, Verset pour la Fête de la Dédicace, Le Banquet céleste, Livre d'orgue, Clint Kraus, organ; St. James Cathedral, Seattle, Washington, USA.
28 November - Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), - Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jésus at Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles, Belgique.
28 November - 1:30 PM: Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine; Serkin, Harada, Ozawa; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall, Boston, MA, USA.
29 November - 8:00 PM: Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine; Serkin, Harada, Ozawa; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall, Boston, MA, USA.
30 November - 3 December: Celebration Messiaen. Clinicians Gerald Levinson, Susan Ferré, Dan Politoske and Donald Wilkins will be joined by special guest artist Jon Gillock, who will perform the complete Livre du Saint Sacrement. Duquesne University’s Mary Pappert School of Music, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
30 November - 7:30pm: Quatour pour la fin du Temps - Peter Hill & Members of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sheffield University Firth Hall, Sheffield, UK.
3 December - 7:30 PM: La Nativite du Seigneur, Renee Anne Louprette, organ; Rev. William Bergen, S.J., reader; Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY.
3 December - 8:00 PM: “Les oiseaux de Karuizawa” from Sept Haikai; Petite esquisses d’oiseaux, and Oiseaux exotiques, Williams Symphonic Winds, Steven Dennis Bodner, conductor, Elizabeth Wright and Brian Simalchik, piano; Chapin Hall, Williamstown, MA, USA.
5 December - Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, George Benjamin and Myung-Whun Chung dir., Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) - Oiseaux exotiques and L'Ascension at Salle Pleyel, Paris, France.
5 & 9 December - 6:00 PM: Montreal Symphony, under music director Kent Nagano; Saint-François d'Assise; Salle Wilfrid Pelletier of la Place des Arts, Montreal, Canada.
7 December - Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, George Benjamin and Myung-Whun Chung dir., Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) - Oiseaux exotiques and L'Ascension at Wien Konzerthaus, Austria.
7 December - 3:00 PM: Livre du Saint Sacrement, Henry Fairs, organ; Tickets for each concert: £9, £4 Friends/concessions, £2 students, available from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts; University Great Hall, Birmingham, UK.
7 December 2008 - 7:30 PM: La Nativité du Seigneur, Joseph Adam, organ; St. James Cathedral, Seattle, Washington, USA.
8 December - 5:45 PM: U.K. premiere of Apparition of the Eternal Church, in conjunction with the Barbican Centre's 7:30 p.m. BBC Symphony Orchestra concert featuring Messiaen's rarely performed Un sourire, The Barbican Centre Cinema Three, Silk Street, London, UK
8 December – 8:00 PM: Poèmes pour Mi with Samantha Talmadge, soprano, and Joan Panetti, piano; and Visions de l'Amen for two pianos, with Liam Viney and Anna Grinberg; Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall, 470 College Street, New Haven, CT, USA.
9 December - 7:30 PM: Visions de l’Amen Marilyn Nonken and Sarah Rothenberg, pianos; The Rothko Chapel, Houston, TX, USA.
9 December - 7:30 PM: Regards sur l'Enfant Jesus - Maria Mcgarry (piano), Sheffield University Firth Hall, Sheffield, UK
9 December – 8:00 PM: Quartet for the End of Time with David Shifrin, clarinet; Ani Kavafian, violin; Sophie Shao, cello; Joan Panetti, piano; Harawi with Adelaide Muir, soprano and Ryo Yanagitani, piano; Woolsey Hall, 500 College Street, New Haven, CT, USA.
10 December - 8:00 PM: Orchestra 2001 presents Messiaen Fantaisie for Violin & Piano and Visions De L'Amen; Levinson Morning Star; Barbara Govatos, violin; Marcantonio Barone, piano; James Freeman, piano; Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
10 December - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM: OLIVIER MESSIAEN: COMPLETE ORGAN WORK, with Pierre Grandmaison, titulaire des orgues de Notre-Dame de Montréal; Philippe Bélanger, Jacques Boucher, Vincent Boucher, Thomas Hannand, Jean-Willy Kunz, Nicolas-Alexandre Marcotte, Laurent Martin, Matthieu Latreille, Réjean Poirier, Patrick Wedd; Basilique Notre-Dame, 110, rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Montreal, Canada.
10 December - 7:00 PM: Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus, Louise Bessette, piano; CHAPELLE HISTORIQUE DU BON-PASTEUR, 100, rue Sherbrooke Est, Montreal, Candada.
10 December - 7:30 PM: Ravel Piano Trio in A minor and Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time; Viviane Hagner (violin), Alban Gerhardt (cello), Kari Kriikku (clarinet), Steven Osborne (piano); Wigmore Hall, London, UK
10 December - 7:30 PM: Vingt Regard sur l'Enfant Jesus, Dr. Simon Mawhinney, piano; Harty Room, School of Music, Queen's University, Belfast, Ireland
10 December - Vingt Regards, The concert will be comprised of 20 pianists, each assigned one regard, and will take place in the Small Hall of the Philharmonie (Glinka Concert hall), St. Petersburg, Russia
10 December - 8:00 PM: the University of Delaware Symphony Orchestra, Brian Stone conducting, will perform Messiaen's L'Ascension in Mitchell Hall on the Campus of the University of Delaware in Newark, DE, USA
10 December - 8:00 PM: Livre du Saint Sacrement, Paul Jacobs, organ. Woolsey Hall, 500 College Street, New Haven, CT, USA.
10 December - 7:30 PM: Film "The Charm of Impossibilities" (Vidal, 2006), Quatuor pour la fin du Temps, played by members of the faculty of Boston University, lecture by Andrew Shenton, Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA, USA.
10 December - 7:30 PM: 'From The Canyons to The Stars Festival' Messiaen Centenary Concert, Ensemble Intercontemporaine, dir. Pierre Boulez, Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano - Couleurs de la Cité Céleste, Sept Haikai at Royal Festival Hall, London, UK.
10 December - Cécile Sauvage and organ improvisation - Cathédrale Notre Dame des Doms, France.
10 December - Orchestra de Paris, Christoph Eschenbach - Turangalîlâ-Symphonie at Salle Pleyel Paris, France.
10 December - Ensemble Orchestral de Paris - Trois Petites Liturgies de la Presence Divine and Création mondiale en hommage à Olivier Messiaen Et iterum venturus est, composed by Peter Bannister; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris directed by John Nelson at at l'Eglise de La Tinite, Paris, France.
10 December – 6.30 PM: Diptyque, Vocalise-etude, Le banquet céleste, Theme & Variations, L’Ascension – Marc Rochester (organ), Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
10 December - Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jésus, Alastair Edmonstone (piano), University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
10 December - 8:00 PM: Livre du Saint Sacrement, Paul Jacobs, organ, Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
12 December – 8:00 PM: Turangalîla Symphonie, Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale; Reinbert de Leeuw, guest conductor; Wei-Yi Yang, piano; Geneviève Grenier, ondes Martenot. Woolsey Hall, 500 College Street, New Haven, CT, USA.
13 December - 7:30 PM: Conservatoire de Musique de Montreal Ensemble Musique Avenir; Dir.: Véronique Lacroix; Louise Bessette, piano; Olivier Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques; Suzanne Tremblay: C'était l'heure où les lions vont boire; Michel Gonneville: L'oiseau du cri à la quête des ailes; Gabriel Dufour-Laperrière: création; Claude Vivier: Paramirabo. Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, 100, rue Sherbrooke Est, Montreal, Canada.
13 December - 7:30 PM: Vingt regards sur l¹Enfant Jésus, Steven Osborne (piano); Wigmore Hall, London, UK.
13 December - 10:00 PM: Messiaen et autour de Messiaen; Ondes Martenot - Nadia Ratsimandresy, Piano - Matteo Ramon Arevalos. Works and transcriptions for Ondes Martenot and Piano: Louange à l'Eternité de Jesus, Feuillets inédits, Abîme des oiseaux, Vocalise-étude, Le merle noir, Louange à l'Immortalité de Jésus. Ravaldino a Monte, Forli, Italy.
13 December – 4:00 PM: Symposium moderated by William Purvis. Sudler Hall in W.L. Harkness Hall, 100 Wall Street, New Haven, CT, USA.
13 December – 8:00 PM: Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant Jesus Performed by YSM pianists Jeannette Fang, Wei-Jen Yuan, Reinis Zarins, Jason Wirth, Amy Yang, Martin Leung, Jeong-ha Ryu, Lulu Yang, Katsura Tanikawa, Juan Carlos Nieto, and Lindsay Garritson. Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall, 470 College Street, New Haven, CT, USA.
13 December - Ensemble Intercontemporaine, dir. Pierre Boulez, Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano - Couleurs de la Cité Céleste, Sept Haikai at Le cargo, Grenoble, France.
13 December - Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Antoni Wit, Thomas Bloch (ondes martenot), Francois Weigel, piano - Turangalîlâ-Symphonie in Warsaw, Poland.
14 December - Orchestre du SWR de Freiburg Sylvain Cambreling - Eclairs sur l'Au-Delà at Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles, Belgique.
14 December - 5:00 PM: La Nativité du Seigneur, Ian Ball (organ), St James the Great, Dursley, Gloucestershire, UK
14 December – 8:00 PM: Turangalîla Symphonie, Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale; Reinbert de Leeuw, guest conductor; Wei-Yi Yang, piano; Geneviève Grenier, ondes Martenot; Stern Auditorium in Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Ave., New York, NY, USA. Tickets $20-$40, students/seniors $10-$20, at www.carnegiehall.org
16 December - Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jésus, Alastair Edmonstone (piano), Birmingham Conservatoire, England.
20 December - 7:00 PM: La Nativité du Seigneur, Christopher Rathbone (organ), St Peter's Church, Old Town, Bexhill, East Sussex, UK.
20 December - 5:00 PM: La Nativité du Seigneur; Patrick Wedd, orgue. Cathédrale Christ Church, 635, rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest, Montreal, Canada.
25 December - La Nativité du Seigneur at Cathédrale Notre Dame des Doms, France.