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

Organization

Admin

Philharmonia Orchestra

Instrumentista

Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay

Violin

Karen Stephenson

Violoncelo

Mark van de Wiel

Clarinete

Tom Poster

Piano

Others

Members of the Philharmonia Orchestra

Southbank Centre

Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time

Londres

Reino Unido

Royal Festival Hall

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

Public

Private

Quarteto para o Fim dos Tempos

Approved

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

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