Quartet for the End of Time

Details

Louis Arques full profile / Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano / 4 musicians

Other players: Alexander Goldberg, Allen Liang, Joseph Vaz

Full program notes

Olivier Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time

Historical context

Written and premiered in 1941 in Stalag 8-A, a WWII prisoner war camp in Germany, this piece is deeply incarnated and highly spiritual.

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