Name: Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time
Start: 2024-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
Location: South Bank Centre

Organization

Admin

Philharmonia Orchestra

Instrumentalist

Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay

Violin

Karen Stephenson

Cello

Mark van de Wiel

Clarinet

Tom Poster

Piano

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Members of the Philharmonia Orchestra

Southbank Centre

Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time

London

United Kingdom

Royal Festival Hall

Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time: Quatuor pour la fin du temps Messiaen

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Quartet for the End of Time

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South Bank Centre

Hear one of the essential compositions of the twentieth century performed by four musicians from the Philharmonia Orchestra in this free early evening concert.

The quartet was written in a German prisoner of war camp in 1941, and premiered by Messiaen and three fellow-prisoners. Recalling that first performance, to an audience of 400 prisoners and guards, the composer said: “Never have I been listened to with such rapt attention and understanding”.

Taking its imagery from the biblical Book of Revelation, the music is by turns ecstatic and apocalyptic, troubled and serene.

English

Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time by Messiaen, Thu 07 Mar 2024, From (2024/2024), South Bank Centre, London, United Kingdom

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