About this minute

Title
Liturgie de Cristal (from Quartet for the End of Time)
Conductor
Reinbert de Leeuw
Creator
Olivier Messaien
Performer
Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Collections
Collection 2

Collection 2 #20

This piece of music was written by French composer Olivier Messiaen. Messiaen liked to listen to the sound of birds singing and often tried to copy their sounds in his music. He was famous for taking long walks in the woods at different times of day and night, and writing down all of the bird...
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