A remarkable Carter-Messiaen week in NYC ends tonight with the raucous, sensuous, delirious Turangalîla Symphony at Carnegie. The great Reinbert de Leeuw leads the Yale Philharmonia. Tickets from $10 to $25. Dan Johnson has more.
Riccardo Chailly conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Decca 436626.
Update: Day-after posts by polymath critic James Marcus and the comics blog The Beat. Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, is a Messiaen fan, and named a character on Futurama Turanga Leela.
