“Jardin du sommeil d’amour“ by Messiaen on the new Palme de Ondéa

I had to try the beautiful melody from Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie, the song “Jardin du sommeil d’amour“ on the new Palme de Ondéa. This is the one specific melody that made me fall in love with the ondes Martenot many years ago 😙 Messiaen derived the title from two Sanskrit words, turaṅga and līlā which he explained: “Lîla literally means play – but play in the sense of the divine action upon the cosmos, the play of creation, destruction, reconstruction, the play of life and death. “Lila“ is also love. “Turanga“: this is the time that runs, like a galloping horse; this is time that flows, like sand in an hourglass. “Turanga“ is movement and rhythm. “Turangalîla“ therefore means all at once love song, hymn to joy, time, movement, rhythm, life and death.“ 🥰