Messiaen – Quartet for the End of Time
St Mary's Church Burton Bradtsock Church Street, Burton Bradstock, Bridport, United KingdomAnna Hashimoto clarinet David Juritz violin Adrian Bradbury cello David Gordon piano Quartet for the end of time Olivier Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps was composed and given its first performance in the Stalag VIII-A prisoner of war camp in 1941. Taking his inspiration from the Book of Revelation, Messiaen incorporates bird song, ancient Greek and Indian theories of […]