The Birth of Modern Music Series Part 4: Olivier Messiaen

Welcome back to Sonosphere's Birth of Modern Music series featuring modern European, classical composers that inspired the experimental, avant garde art and music scenes of the 50s, 60s and resonate in music composition today. Today we will delve into the life and works of Olivier Messiaen. Messiaen escaped the world of composition’s shift to serialism through religion, nature, and birdsong, but he had a profound influence on the evolution of electronic music composition through composers like Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pierre Boulez, and Xenakis. Join us by subscribing on iTunes and following us on Soundcloud, Facebook, and Twitter. Thanks for listening! Songs in this month's episode: Des Canyons Aux Etoiles I: Le Desert Des Canyons Aux Etoiles II: Les Orioles Preludes: La Colombe (The Dove) Quartet for the End of Time Turangalila - Symphonie Mode de valeurs et d'intensites Meditations sur le mystere de la Sainte Trinite