Hearing and Seeing: Messiaen and Liszt, Matthew Hill Pianist

Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
XI. Première communion de la Vierge (The Virgin’s First Communion)
(After the Annunciation, the Virgin Mary adores Jesus within her... my God, my Son, my Magnificat! — my love without the sound of words...)
XVII. Regard du silence (Contemplating Silence)
(Silence in the hand, inverted rainbow, each silence from the crib reveals sounds and colors that are the mysteries of Jesus Christ...)
XIX. Je dors, mais mon coeur veille (I Sleep but My Heart Keeps Vigil)
(It is not the angel’s bow that smiles down on us — it is sleeping Jesus, who loves us on His Sunday and grants us oblivion…)

Deux légendes Franz Liszt
St. François d'Assise. La prédication aux oiseaux (Preaching to the Birds)
St. François de Paule marchant sur les flots (Walking on the Waves)