![]() ![]() A typical performance runs around 80 minutes in length. It is considered one of the greatest musical compositions of the 20th century being described by its commissioner as 'the most important piece of classical music ever written since Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring'. While most of Messiaen's compositions are religious in inspiration, at the time of writing the symphony the composer was fascinated by the myth of Tristan and Isolde, and the Turangalîla Symphony forms the central work in his trilogy of compositions concerned with the themes of romantic love and death the other pieces are Harawi for piano with soprano and Cinq rechants for unaccompanied trios of soprani, alti, tenors, and basses. ![]() Yvonne Loriod, who later became Messiaen's second wife, was the piano soloist, and Ginette Martenot played the ondes Martenot for the first and several subsequent performances.įrom 1953, Yvonne's sister Jeanne Loriod was the ondes Martenot player in many performances and recordings. Bernstein has been described as "the ideal conductor for it, and it made Messiaen's name more widely known". Koussevitzky was billed to conduct the premiere, but fell ill, and the task fell to the young Bernstein. The commission did not specify the duration, orchestral requirements or style of the piece, leaving the decisions to the composer. The premiere was in Boston on 2 December 1949, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Along with the Quatuor pour la fin du temps, the symphony is one of the composer's most notable works. It was written for an orchestra of large forces from 1946 to 1948 on a commission by Serge Koussevitzky in his wife's memory for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The Turangalîla-Symphonie is the only symphony by Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992). ![]() Large orchestra, Ondes Martenot, and piano In memoriam Natalie Koussevitsky (manuscript published copy bears no dedication) ![]()
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