Description

 


quartet for the end of time (1940) 

for violin, cello, clarinet and piano 


a few words by Olivier Messiaen: 

\" ...In the name of the Apocalypse I have been reproached for writing a calm, austere work. My critics have forgotten that the Apocalypse does not only contain monsters and cataclysms : silences of adoration and wonderful visions of peace are also to be found. Moreover I never intended to create an Apocalypse : I started off with a figure that I loved (the \"Angel who heralds the end of the Time\") and I wrote a quartet for the instruments (and the players) who were to hand : a violin, a clarinet, a cello and a piano...\" 


olivier messiaen quartet: 

alain moglia- violin 

rene benedetti- cello 

michel arrignon- clarinet 

jean-claude henriot- piano