Olivier Messiaen

Quartet for the End of Time

Quartet for the End of Time

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“The story of this piece is that Messiaen composed it while imprisoned in a German POW camp during World War II. It’s written for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano because that’s what they had on hand in the camp. Lore aside, it’s a beautiful and haunting piece. Messiaen was a singular figure in 20th century music, and is perhaps my very favorite composer.”
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