Olivier Messiaen - Renaissance Man

OLIVIER MESSIAEN's Catholic faith was a mainstay of his personal life and a consistent feature of his music.

But did it liberate or limit his creative work? TOM SERVICE talks to PIERRE BOULEZ, Olivier Latry, Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Père Jean-Rodolphe Kars -musicians whose lives were deeply affected by their association with this most spiritual of composers.

OLIVIER MESSIAEN's Catholic faith was a mainstay of his personal life and a consistent feature of his music. But did it liberate or limit his creative work? TOM SERVICE talks to PIERRE BOULEZ, Olivier Latry, Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Père Jean-Rodolphe Kars -musicians whose lives were deeply affected by their association with this most spiritual of composers.