Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time
Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
£10
£8 over 60s
Free under 18s
Please note: This concert is now in the Recital Hall. Tickets already sold for the Bradshaw Hall are still valid for this venue.
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Luanah Lefebvre violin
Gemma Andrews clarinet
Nicholas Trygstad cello
Alex Wyatt piano
Messiaen’s haunting masterpiece comes to life in a concert of spiritual depth, breath-taking beauty, and otherworldly soundscapes.
Incarcerated in a prisoner of war camp during World War II, Messiaen wrote his Quartet for the End of Time for the musicians available to him – a clarinettist, violinist, cellist and pianist (Messiaen himself). Taking inspiration from the biblical Book of Revelations and the sense that “there shall be time no longer”, the eight movements feature the instruments in different combinations or solo. Its premiere took place in the depths of winter before an audience of several hundred prisoners and German officers.