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Appendix 1 - Selected Performances of the Music of Olivier Messiaen by Gregory Haimovsky, 1964–72

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 June 2021

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Summary

During the period 1964–72, as a soloist in concert halls in Moscow, Leningrad, Gorky, Vilnius, and Kaunas, Haimovsky performed the following from Messiaen's oeuvre:

  • 1. Selected movements from Préludes

  • 2. Quatre études de rythme

  • 3. Selected movements from Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus

  • 4. Selected movements from Catalogue d’oiseaux

In addition to the above, the below list is a selected calendar of Haimovsky's performances of Messiaen's music. All annotations for all performances of Messiaen's music were written by Haimovsky.

1964

May 5, Glinka State Conservatory of Music, Gorky, USSR. Chamber Music of the Twentieth Century: Georges Auric, André Jolivet, Olivier Messiaen, and Henri Dutilleux.

Works by Olivier Messiaen:

“Le baiser de l’Enfant-Jésus” from Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus and Rondeau (Gregory Haimovsky, piano)

Harawi (Nina Cherednikova, soprano and Gregory Haimovsky, piano)

  • 2. Bonjour toi, colombe verte

  • 9. L’escalier redit, gestes du soleil

  • 7. Adieu

Visions de l’Amen, 2 movements (Isaac Katz and Gregory Haimovsky, piano)

November 3, Glinka State Conservatory of Music, Gorky, USSR. Music of the twentieth Century. Concert on French Composers: Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur, Darius Milhaud, and Olivier Messiaen. Introductory remarks by Gregory Haimovsky.

Work by Olivier Messiaen:

Thème et variations (Georgi Vassiliev, violin, and Gregory Haimovsky, piano). First performance in the USSR.

1966

December 22, Monograph Concert, Olivier Messiaen. Concert Hall of the Composers Union, Moscow, USSR.

Visions de l’Amen (Isaac Katz and Gregory Haimovsky, piano)

  • 1. Amen de la création

  • 2. Amen des étoiles, de la planète à l’anneau

  • 3. Amen de l’agonie de Jésus

  • 4. Amen du désir

  • 5. Amen des anges, des saints, du chants des oiseaux

Harawi (Nina Cherednikova, soprano, and Gregory Haimovsky, piano)

  • 1. La ville qui dormais, toi

  • 2. Bonjour toi, colombe verte

  • 9. L’escalier redit, gestes du soleil

  • 7. Adieu

Quatour pour la fin du temps (Mark Baranov, violin; Viktor Simon, cello; Vladimir Tupikin, clarinet; and Gregory Haimovsky, piano)

  • 1. Liturgie de cristal

  • 2. Vocalise, pour l’ange qui annonce la fin du temps

  • 3. Abîme des oiseaux

  • 4. Intermède

  • 5. Louange à l’éternité de Jésus

  • 6. Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes

  • 7. Foullis d’arcs-en-ciel, pour l’ange qui annonce la fin du temps

  • 8. Louange à l’immortalité de Jésus

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Gregory Haimovsky
A Pianist's Odyssey to Freedom
, pp. 165 - 172
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Print publication year: 2018

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