Le Balcon . The First Murder

Soprano Jenny Daviet returns to the music of Messiaen that first brought her to prominence, capturing "the strange mixture of eroticism and Catholic mysticism in the words that were written by Messiaen himself." (The Telegraph). Together with Alphonse Cemin, they offer a portrait of this unique and endearing composer.

Program

Olivier Messiaen, 3 mélodies, poems by Cécile Sauvage and the composer

Pourquoi
Le sourire
La fiancée perdue

Claire Delbos, excerpts from L'âme en bourgeon, poems by Cécile Sauvage

Dors...
I'm here...
Here you are, out of the honeycomb...
Here you are, my little lover...
Could I have called you from the shadows...

Claude Debussy, Feux d'artifice, excerpt from the second book of Préludes
Nuits Blanches, poems by the composer

Nuit sans fin
Lorqu'elle est entrée

Olivier Messiaen, Chants de Terre et de Ciel, poems by the composer

Bail avec Mi
Antienne du silence
Dance of the pill baby
Arc en ciel d'innocence
Minuit pile
Resurrection