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Quartet for the End of Time

Sketch of SoNA musicians, Anne Watson (clarinet), Cristian Vega Martinez (violin), Michael Puryear (cello), and Kristine Olefsky (piano) as they prepare to play Quartet for the End of Time on July 17, 2022 in Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel in Bella Vista, Arkansas. The artist is David Harland.

January 15, 1941, a light rain descending on Stalag VIII-A: Jean le Boulaire on violin, Henri Akoka on clarinet, Etienne Pasquier on cello. The composer, Oliver Messiaen, plays piano. How to express the mystical truths of Catholicism in the rhythm of musical movement: bird song, Hindu talas, numerical formulas, ancient Greek meters, Gregorian chant. All […]

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