Taking its title from Olivier Messiaen’s Appel Interstellaire (Interstellar Call), this program traces the evolution of the modern French brass sound — from the grandeur of early 20th-century fanfares to Messiaen’s cosmic lyricism.

Written in 1971 as part of Des canyons aux étoiles…, Messiaen’s solo horn piece sits at the heart of the program: a work that transforms breath and resonance into something vast and otherworldly. Around it, music by Dukas, Tomasi, Boulanger, and Bizet reveals how French composers reimagined the brass ensemble as both ceremonial and spiritual — capable of conjuring stillness, light, and power in equal measure.