Chamber Series: Quartet for the End of Time at Holywell Music Room, Oxford on Saturday 3rd June 2017

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Chamber Series: Quartet for the End of Time

Part of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra 2016/17 Season

Add to my Calendar 03-06-2017 19:30 03-06-2017 21:30 36 Chamber Series: Quartet for the End of Time Amid the despondency of a World War II prisoner-of-war camp, the apocalyptic prophecies of Revelations resonated profoundly with the deeply pious Olivier Messiaen. Striving not for retribution but instead spiritual reflection upon the world beyond, Messiaen wrote the Quartet for the End of Time for musician companions held captive there. Premiering this mystical work on a winter's night in 1941 to some four hundred prisoners and guards, Messiaen later recalled 'never was I listened to with such rapt attention and comprehension'. War, too, was on the horizon at the conception of Ravel's impassioned Piano Trio of 1914, spurring on the completion of this enchanting work so that Ravel could serve in the French army, as Messiaen later would in World War I's tragic sequel. Holywell Music Room, Oxford DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Holywell Music Room
Holywell Street
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 3SD
England

Saturday 3rd June 2017
7:30 PM

Programme

Maurice Ravel – Piano Trio in A minor
Olivier Messiaen – Quartet for the End of Time

Performers

Momo Kodama – piano

The Soloists of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

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Programme Note

Amid the despondency of a World War II prisoner-of-war camp, the apocalyptic prophecies of Revelations resonated profoundly with the deeply pious Olivier Messiaen. Striving not for retribution but instead spiritual reflection upon the world beyond, Messiaen wrote the Quartet for the End of Time for musician companions held captive there. Premiering this mystical work on a winter's night in 1941 to some four hundred prisoners and guards, Messiaen later recalled 'never was I listened to with such rapt attention and comprehension'. War, too, was on the horizon at the conception of Ravel's impassioned Piano Trio of 1914, spurring on the completion of this enchanting work so that Ravel could serve in the French army, as Messiaen later would in World War I's tragic sequel.

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