Night After Night

Writing, a blog, and a newsletter. By Steve Smith.

Olivier Messiaen

  • Jon Gillock at the Church of the Ascension, March 5, 2013

    Jon Gillock, by Kenneth Dickerman/The New York Times Jon Gillock at the Church of the Ascension, March 5, 2013The New York Times, March 7, 2013 A gripping account of Messiaen's awe-inspiring Méditations sur la Mystère de la Sainte Trinité, played by a Messiaen expert on an instrument made to order as part of an ongoing

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  • Into the mystic.

    Olivier Latry at Alice Tully HallThe New York Times, November 14, 2011 As noted in this review, a small but steady trickle of patrons departed from this concert from about the 10-minute mark forward. You have to wonder just what it was they thought they were getting into with a 75-minute continuous program of Messiaen's

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