Quartet for the End of Time
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Programme
- Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
- Ross Harris – There may be light
- Messiaen – Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
The Musicians
- Jonathan Cohen – clarinet
- Amalia Hall – violin
- Ashley Brown – cello
- Somi Kim – piano
Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Programme
- Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
- Ross Harris – There may be light
- Messiaen – Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
The Musicians
- Jonathan Cohen – clarinet
- Amalia Hall – violin
- Ashley Brown – cello
- Somi Kim – piano
The Piano, 156 Armagh Street, Christchurch Central
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