ANAM – Sacred: Vingt Regards
The great compositional titan of the 20th century, Olivier Messiaen, wrote his monumental Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus (“Twenty Contemplations on the Infant Jesus”) in 1944, towards the end of the Second World War.
This suite of 20 works for solo piano meditates on the infant Jesus, a subject often revisited in Messiaen’s music. A deeply spiritual man, he sought through sound to unite the celestial songs of birds, meticulously transcribed from nature, with intricate polyphony and transendental musical colours and textures.
Performed by Timothy Young, Paavali Jumppanen and the ANAM pianists in the Good Shepherd Chapel, this will be an absorbing presentation of one of the most distinctive and visionary works in the piano repertoire.
Olivier MESSIAEN Vingt Regards sur l’enfant-Jésus
Timothy Young (Resident Faculty, Head of Piano) piano
Paavali Jumppanen (Artistic Director) piano
ANAM Pianists
Thursday May 28, 2026 Duration: approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes (including a 20-minute interval)
The Good Shepherd Chapel (next to Abbotsford Convent), 1 St Heliers St
TICKETS: A Little Extra $65.00
Standard $45.00
A Little Less $25.00
Companion Card Holders $0.00
