Some music is too vast for the concert hall. A glacier seemed to Messiaen the ideal setting for his grandiose Et exspecto resurrectionem, or else a very large church. For this concert, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra chose the St. Lawrence Church.
Here Messiaen’s magnum opus, written in memory of the victims of the two World Wars, is joined by two equally monumental symphonies for wind band and the exquisite Syrinx for solo flute.

Program:

Stravinsky
Symphonies d’instruments à vent

De Leeuw
Symphonies of Winds

Debussy
Syrinx

Messiaen
Et exspecto ressurectionem mortuorum

Performers:

Conductor –  Arie van Beek
Light –  Paul van Laak
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra