Quartet for the End of Time

Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.

Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.

Programme:
Beethoven - Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris - There may be light
Messiaen - Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)

The Musicians
Jonathan Cohen - clarinet
Amalia Hall - violin
Ashley Brown - cello
Somi Kim - piano