TURANGALÎLA-SYMPHONIE

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

 

SATURDAY 4 APRIL 2026

7:30 PM — Grimaldi Forum, Salle Apollinaire 

 

CONCERT

 

Vincent David (1974-)

Mécanique céleste, pour saxophone et orchestre (*)                            15 min

 

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

Turangalîla-Symphonie (°)                                                                                 80 min

 

Vincent David, saxophone
Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, piano
Nathalie Forget, ondes Martenot
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Bruno Mantovani (*) and Kazuki Yamada (°), conductors

 

 

Without intermission

 

 

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo takes on an immense work of the symphonic repertoire: the Turangalîla-Symphonie, a vast hymn to joy and love composed by Olivier Messiaen for over a hundred musicians – halfway between a ballet for orchestra and a piano concerto, and featuring the supernatural sounds of the ondes Martenot. In preamble, the Mécanique céleste by and with composer-saxophonist Vincent David will launch the orchestra into zero gravity space.

 

Concert preceded by a lecture at 6:00 PM at the Salle Apollinaire: “The Orchestral Langage of Olivier Messiaen” by Yves Balmer, musicologist. Booking is mandatory: printempsdesarts.mc