Name: Alice Sara Ott & Friends: Quartet for the End of Time
Start: 2023-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Queen Elizabeth Hall

Organization

Instrumentalist

Alice Sara Ott

Piano

Thomas Reif

Violin

Sebastian Klinger

Cello

Sebastian Manz

Clarinet

Southbank Centre

Alice Sara Ott & Friends: Quartet for the End of Time

London

United Kingdom

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Alice Sara Ott & Friends: Quartet for the End of Time: Quatuor pour la fin du temps

Public

Quartet for the End of Time

Approved

Bass

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Bassist

Accordionist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Conductor

Stage director

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Orchestra

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Illustrator

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Extra

Countertenor

Singer

Bass-baritone

Tenor

Mezzo-soprano

Soprano

Contralto

Baritone

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

Alice Sara Ott’s piano is joined by a violin, cello and clarinet to play the masterpiece Messiaen unveiled while incarcerated in a World War Two prisoner-of-war camp.

In the frozen depths of winter, incarcerated in a World War Two prisoner-of-war camp, the composer Olivier Messiaen unveiled a work unlike anything heard before or, possibly, since.

His Quartet for the End of Time, inspired by his intense Christian faith, is visionary and iconoclastic. The title is drawn from the Angel of the Apocalypse, who announces ‘There will be no more time’.

Written for four instruments playing in various combinations, the work explodes our experience of time in music, from inventive rhythms to a meditative quality that seems to slow down the heartbeat.

Messiaen himself gave the world premiere with three fellow prisoners-of-war who were professional musicians. Their audience consisted of the other inmates of Stalag VIIIA and the German guards, all listening together.

The story of extraordinary music performed in equally extraordinary conditions has come to symbolise humanity’s resilience as well as the power of faith in extreme circumstances. Tonight a team of internationally acclaimed soloists conjure Messiaen’s first masterpiece to life.

English

Alice Sara Ott & Friends: Quartet for the End of Time by Messiaen, From (2023/2023), Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, United Kingdom

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