Olivier Messiaen - Turangalila Symphony
Avant-garde | Durand, Paris | PDF | 429 Pages | 40 MB
Avant-garde | Durand, Paris | PDF | 429 Pages | 40 MB
Concept
While most of Messiaen's compositions are religious in inspiration, at the time of writing the symphony the composer was fascinated by the myth of Tristan and Isolde, and the Turangalîla Symphony forms the central work in his trilogy of compositions concerned with the themes of romantic love and death — the other pieces are Harawi (poème d'amour et de mort) for piano with soprano and Cinq rechants for unaccompanied choir. It is considered a 20th century masterpiece and a typical performance runs around 80 minutes in length. When asked about the meaning of the work's duration in its ten movements and the reason for the use of the Ondes Martenot, Messiaen simply replied, "It's a love song."
The title of the work, and those of its movements, were a late addition to the project; they were first described by Messiaen in a diary entry in early 1948.He derived the title from two Sanskrit words, turanga and lîla, which roughly translate into English as "love song and hymn of joy, time, movement, rhythm, life, and death", and described the joy of Turangalîla as "superhuman, overflowing, dazzling and abandoned".
The work was revised in 1990.
Instrumentation
The piece is scored for:
* Solo piano and ondes martenot;
* Woodwind: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons;
* Brass: 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 1 trumpet in D, cornet, 3 trombones, 1 tuba;
* At least 8 and up to 11 percussionists, playing: vibraphone, keyed and mallet glockenspiels, triangle, temple blocks and wood block, cymbals (clash and three types of suspended), tam tam, tambourine, maracas, snare drum, Provençal tabor, bass drum, and tubular bells;
* celesta, and strings (32 violins, 14 violas, 12 cellos and 10 double basses)
The demanding piano part includes several solo cadenzas.
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