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Messiaen Olivier

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Le Merle Noir for flute and piano

Le Merle Noir for flute and piano

By Messiaen Olivier

O. Messiaen: Le Merle Noir (The Blackbird) for flute and piano was written in 1952 as a competition piece for Conservatoire de Paris. The composition is based on the study of bird songs.

Philippe Bernold

Alexandre Tharaud (piano), 2008, harmonia mundi

Le merle noir

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Davide Formisano

Phillip Moll (piano), 2015, Universal

Le merle noir

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Peter-Lucas Graf

Michio Kobayashi (piano), 1977, Claves Records

Le merle noir

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Juliette Hurel

Hélène Couvert (piano), 2001, Naïve / Believe SAS

Le merle noir

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Messiaen Olivier

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was a French composer, organist and amateur ornithologist. Due to his passion for birds and Japanese music, his compositions have a rather specific style. His system "Modes of limited transposition" employs modes (there ar 7 Messiaen's modes) or scales of 12 sounds that fulfill specific criteria relating to their symmetry and the repetition of their interval groups.
Messiaen's music is rhythmically complex, and his works were influenced by his extensive geographical (e.g. Bryce Canyon) and philosophical travels (St. Francis of Assisi). Messiaen is known for his innovative use of color (he perceived colors as a certain musical chords), and the conception of the relationship between time and music as well.
Besides composing music, Messiaen was an organist at Église de la Sainte-Trinité in Paris where he held the post for more than sixty years.