Probably the only classical composer to have a mountain named after him (Mount Messiaen, Utah, 1978), Messiaen is among ... 1950s he had an international standing and a generation of young composers ...

Meet Olivier Messiaen – the bird-mad composer who used birdsong to create some of the most startlingly original music of all time. It all started in springtime... in a prisoner of war camp ...

Poet Michael Symmons Roberts gets to the heart of composer Olivier Messiaen's obsession with birdsong in this imaginative sonic trip through drama, music and poetry. Show more Poet Michael Symmons ...