Petites esquisses d'oiseaux

Petites esquisses d'oiseaux, is a piano work by Olivier Messiaen composed in 1985, dedicated to his wife Yvonne Loriod.

Very similar by the harmonic style where complex sounds with changing colors evolve.

The blues, reds, oranges, violets, "transposed reversal chords" dominate.

The three pieces devoted to familiar robin contain pearly arpeggios, descending, almost glissandos, followed by slow notes, and more refined drawings.

Finally, the eurasian skylark, which ends, has a sizzling volubility, revolving around an acute dominant, punctuated from time to time by two slow and strong notes, all corresponding to the phases of the bird's flight.The piece was premiered at the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris on 26 January 1987 by Yvonne Loriod.