Music | Messiaen: The Organ Works
Messiaen
The Organ Works
Sundays at 3 pm
| It is with regret that we announce that the October and November concerts in the Messiaen series are having to be rescheduled because of injury. The new dates are listed below. Anyone wanting a refund for the missing dates should contact Jo Sweet at concerts@barber.org.uk or on 0121 414 5791. |
Henry Fairs performs Messiaen’s complete works for organ during 2008, in a series of Sunday afternoon recitals.
The centenary of the birth of Olivier Messiaen (1908-92) is celebrated by a performance of his complete works for organ. University Organist Henry Fairs presents this deeply-felt music in a series of six Sunday afternoon recitals on the renovated organ by Hill, Norman and Beard in the University Great Hall. A rare treat, indeed.
“Fairs emerges as a top-notch performer. His registrations, tempos, and sensitivity to subtle nuances in phrasing and articulation are superb.” American Record Guide
| 20 January 2008 | La Nativité du Seigneur |
| 17 February 2008 | Diptyque Les corps glorieux |
| 4 May 2008 | L’Ascension Le banquet céleste; Monodie; Messe de la Pentecôte |
| 7 December 2008 | Apparition de l’église éternelle; Verset pour la Fête de la Dédicace; Livre d’orgue |
| 1 Februrary 2009 | Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité
NB: The venue for this concert will be St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham |
| 8 March 2009 | Livre du Saint Sacrement |
Tickets for each concert: £9, £4 Friends/concessions, £2 students, available from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts (0121 414 7333). A season ticket for ALL SIX concerts is available at £30 (£20 Friends/concessions). NB: All concerts begin at 3pm in the University Great Hall, apart from 1 February 2009, which is at St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham.