Messiaen Quatuor pour le fin du temps - Rowland, Arp, Tskhadadze, Steinbach

Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps (1941)
Daniel Rowland, violin
Julian Arp, cello
Levan Tskhadadze, clarinet
Juliana Steinbach, piano
Concert in the Plechelmusbasiliek Oldenzaal as part of the Stiftfestival 2020
1) "Liturgie de cristal" (Crystal liturgy)
2) "Vocalise, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps" (Vocalise, for the Angel who announces the end of time)
3) “Abîme des oiseaux" (Abyss of birds)
4) "Intermède" (Interlude)
5) "Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus" (Praise to the eternity of Jesus)
6) "Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes" (Dance of fury, for the seven trumpets)
7) "Fouillis d'arcs-en-ciel, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps" (Tangle of rainbows, for the Angel who announces the end of time)
8) "Louange à l'Immortalité de Jésus" (Praise to the immortality of Jesus)
“ And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire ... and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth .... And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever ... that there should be time no longer: But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished ...’ Olivier Messiaen in his preface to the piano score
Olivier Messiaen wrote this deeply personal, extraordinary masterpiece during World War II: an ode to his faith and to nature. From the opening Liturgie de cristal’, to the devastatingly powerful ‘Danse de la fureur’ and the final ‘Louange à l’immortalité de Christ’, this work is a deeply moving emotional journey
video: ConcertoMedia
audio: Harold Snippert
location: Plechelmus church, Oldenzaal (NL)
www.stiftmusicfestival.nl

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