Friday, 7 November 2014, 6pm
Melbourne Recital Centre – Salon
Local Heroes Series 2014
| Program | |
|---|---|
| Olivier Messaien | Cinq rechants |
| Naji Hakim | Missa Redemptionis |
Olivier Messiaen, organist at La Trinité in Paris from 1931 until his death, bequeathed his position to Lebanese-born composer Naji Hakim, having reached the opinion that Hakim was the greatest improviser he had ever heard.
Messiaen’s Cinq rechants was composed in 1948, the last work of his Trilogie de Tristan, a love trilogy for pianist Yvonne Loriod, who eventually became his second wife. Hakim’s Missa Redemptionis dates from 1995, and this is its Australian première.
SINGERS
| Soprano Hannah Irvine Katherine Lieschke Michelle Clark |
Alto Juliana Kay Yi Wen Chin Miranda Gronow |
Tenor Daniel Thomson Robin Czuchnowski Vaughan McAlley |
Bass Andrew Murray Julien Robinson Michael Strasser |