Lunchtime Concert: Olivier Messiaen, Birds And Colours - Performing Nature
Messiaen
Le Merle Noir (flute and piano)
‘Le Merle Bleu’ from Catalogue d’Oiseaux (solo piano)
‘Abime des Oiseaux’ from Quartet for the End of Time (solo clarinet)
Megan Rowlands
flute
Tom Verity
clarinet
Richard Casey
piano
Ian Costabile
lighting
This concert will showcase three of Messiaen’s chamber movements with a focus on their birdsong writing with performers ‘playing bird’ to draw on naturalistic bird qualities in their performance. The concert will also play host to a light show to accompany the performance, to help listeners draw their own images of the birds with their associated shapes, colours and settings. The audience is invited to delve into the world of birds during this concert, with opportunities afterwards to ask the performers how they have drawn their birds from Messiaen’s compositions.
Supported by the NWCDTP AHRC Targeted Funding Scheme.
Tickets: Free