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Tonight's Music From Other Minds program features three large orchestral works by the late Japanese composer, Toru Takemitsu: Quotation of Dream, Twill by Twilight, and Dream/Window, all from the late 1980's to early '90s.
But the program begins with an early work by Olivier Messiaen - his Theme and Variations for violin and piano from 1932, when the composer was 24. A very remarkable piece for such a young age.
The Messiaen<=>Takemitsu affinity is a strong one. And while Messiaen never really founded a "school" in the sense of the Viennese school of Schoenberg/Berg/Webern, his influence was quite far and wide.
Even to Tokyo, apparently.
You can hear this program again all week by clicking here.
Not sure what the next MFOM program will be yet, and I have a few days to decide.
