Messiaen wrote his La nativité du Seigneur ... had over 2,500 pieces memorised – including the complete organ works of Bach, Franck, Liszt and Mendelssohn. She wrote this inquisitive ...

But Messiaen’s magnum opus was Catalogue d’Oiseaux (Catalogue of Birds), a work for solo piano completed in 1958. It’s divided into 13 different sections, each devoted to a principal bird ...

Messiaen’s “Harawi” is the first part of his trilogy composed of a collection of works inspired by the myth of Tristan and ...

Rae’s work has reassessed Jolivet, overturning the view of him as a one-time progressive turned traditionalist. She has revealed a continuity of compositional innovation since 1945 and shown that his ...