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Dean's Lecture Series

Presented by Curtis Institute of Music at Curtis Institute of Music - Field Concert Hall

April 5, 2011

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Dean John Mangan is pleased to announce the next lecture in the dean's series, which will feature Curtis faculty members Jonathan Coopersmith and Eric Sessler. Turangalîla is a compound word (taken from Sanskrit) meaning “Love song and hymn of joy, time, movement, rhythm, life, and death”. Messiaen described the joy of Turangalîla as “superhuman, overflowing, dazzling and abandoned”. On April 5, Curtis faculty members Jonathan Coopersmith and Eric Sessler will introduce and discuss key facets of this twentieth-century landmark work. Throughout the lecture they will break down how the massive piece is constructed by presenting an overview of the composer’s characteristic and idiosyncratic procedures – from the mythology of Tristan and Isolde to Indian rhythms to his fascination with bird songs, including a brief journey into the land of color via Messiaen’s own synesthesia. You will not want to miss this exciting discussion, especially if you are attending the Curtis Symphony Orchestra’s April 12, Verizon Hall performance of Turangalila with Christoph Eschenbach conducting.