It is not alone: its habitat neighbors surround it and also sing (. lAbme and arguably (in a different way) in Mode de Valuers, where the. In the piano part of the Vocalise, pour l’Ange qui annonce la fin. Chouette hulotte (Catalogue dOiseaux) and St Franois dAssise tableau 7 (Messiaen. This condition is called synesthesia it’s when a perception in one sense triggers another. It bears the title of the bird-type of the chosen region. I see colors when I hear sounds, Messiaen said in an interview, but I don’t see colors with my eyes. The work was premiered by Yvonne Loriod on 15 April 1959 in Paris, Salle Gaveau, for the concerts of the ' Domaine musical' organized by Pierre Boulez.įor these pieces, Messiaen did not want to be limited to the evocation of the bird of which each of it bears the title.Įach piece is written in honor of a French province. It is devoted to birds and dedicated to his second wife Yvonne Loriod. Catalogue d'oiseaux ('Catalogue of birds') is a work for piano solo by Olivier Messiaen consisting of thirteen pieces, written between October 1956 and September 1958. An Analytical Comparison of Messiaen’s Abîme des oiseaux and Appel interstellaire Lucas Brogdon.
