At the Wiener Konzerthaus, Klangforum Wien presents Olivier Messiaen's impressive work "Des Canyons aux étoiles ..." for piano, horn, xylorimba, glockenspiel and orchestra.
From the primordial ground of astonishment at the sheer incomprehensible beauty of the rocky landscapes of Utah in North America up to the all-spanning canopy of stars - this is how one can imagine the energy field in which Olivier Messiaen wrote this in every respect gigantic masterpiece of tonal colorfulness and compositional architecture: from the depths of the canyons to the stars to paradise.
Program
Olivier Messiaen: Des Canyons aux étoiles ... for piano, horn, xylorimba, glockenspiel and orchestra (1971/1974)
January 16, 2026
