Harawi: Songs of Love and Death by Olivier Messiaen
Schedule
Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Sweeney Concert Hall, Smith College | Northampton, MA
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Katherine Saik DeLugan and Albert Cano Smit present Olivier Messiaen's rarely performed final song cycle, Harawi. Harawi is a surrealist and multicultural reimagining of the legend of Tristan and Isolde, and is the only solo vocal work in the composer’s Tristan trilogy. In Messiaen's poetry, the lovers are represented by mythical figures from Indigenous Andean cultures, and their journey from life to death is told through abstract images of numbers, colors, Sanskrit incantations, and transcribed birdsongs. Presented by the Sage Chamber Music Society of the Smith Department of Music. Free, open to the public, wheelchair accessible.
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Sweeney Concert Hall, Smith College, 144 Green Street,Northampton, Massachusetts, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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