concert Isabelle Faust, Jörg Widmann, Jean-Guihen Queyras, and Pierre-Laurent Aimard perform Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time European Center of Education and Culture in Zgorzelec

European Center of Education and Culture in Zgorzelec

Isabelle Faust, Jörg Widmann, Jean-Guihen Queyras, and Pierre-Laurent Aimard perform Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time European Center of Education and Culture in Zgorzelec

About

Olivier Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time) is one of the most important works of art of the twentieth century, exceptional both for its musical qualities and its remarkable history: its premiere took place in a prisoner-of-war camp in Görlitz, Germany in 1941, performed by the composer himself at the piano, clarinetist Henri Akoka, cellist Etienne Pasquier, and violinist Jean Le Boulaire.

Isabelle Faust | Violinist
Jörg Widmann | Clarinetist
Jean-Guihen Queyras | Cellist
Pierre-Laurent Aimard | Pianist

Program

Olivier Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time
- Liturgie de cristal
- Vocalise, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du temps
- Abime des oiseaux
- Intermède
- Louange à l'Eternité de Jésus
- Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes
- Fouillis d'arcs-en-ciels, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du temps
- Louange à l'immortalité de Jésus