Messiaen's Des Canyons Aux Étoiles for the 21st Century

In this exclusive interview and tech-rehearsal preview, the LA Phil talks with photographer and production director Deborah O'Grady regarding her goals for the St. Louis Symphony's performance of Olivier Messiaen's epic Des canyons aux étoiles... featuring her customized multimedia installation. Tickets available now for this Tuesday, February 2, 2016, event at Walt Disney Concert Hall: http://laphil.com/messiaen

The striking natural beauty of Utah's national parks, especially Bryce Canyon, inspired Messiaen's titanic 12-movement work. He said, "Having left the canyons to climb to the stars, I had only to keep going in the same direction to raise myself up to God. So my work is at once geological, ornithological, astronomical, and theological. Despite the importance of color and birds, it's above all a religious work of praise and contemplation."

This concert will be part of our ongoing Green Umbrella series. Green Umbrella is the Los Angeles Philharmonic at its most intellectually daring, inventing the future of sound with each iteration of living composers and masterful musicians, and teeming with new commissions and world premieres. More info: http://laphil.com/greenumbrella

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