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大象传媒 Philharmonic: Messiaen and Shostakovich

The 大象传媒 Philharmonic present Messiaen's 'Quartet for the End of Time' and Shostakovich's Fourteenth Symphony in a concert at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester.

Messiaen's 'Quartet for the End of Time' and Shostakovich's Fourteenth Symphony are presented in a concert of huge emotional power presented by the 大象传媒 Philharmonic.

Recorded at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Presented by Stuart Flinders

"Time shall be no more". Messiaen uses these words from the Book of Revelation to introduce his extraordinary 'Quartet for the End of Time', written while he was a prisoner of war in Silesia; music of extraordinary faith, hope and colour, created under the harshest of circumstances, with his eyes firmly fixed on the "end of time" in a vision of eternity and everlasting peace. For Shostakovich, writing his Fourteenth Symphony in a period of pain and illness the "end of time" meant something entirely different, for death is the work's subject and he unflinchingly sets almost unbearable poems of brutality, fear and life undervalued - concluding this darkest and sparest of song-symphonies with the works of Rilke, "Death is all-powerful, she ... waits and thirsts and weeps for us."

Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time

8.20pm Interval:
Janacek String Quartet No 1 (Kreutzer Sonata), played by the Smetana Quartet

8.40pm
Shostakovich: Symphony No 14

John Storgards (violin; conductor)
John Bradbury (clarinet)
Peter Dixon (cello)
Martin Roscoe (piano)
Soile Isokoski (soprano)
Stephen Richardson (bass)
大象传媒 Philharmonic.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 13 Nov 2017 19:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Quartet for the End of Time

    Performer: John Storg氓rds. Performer: Peter Dixon. Performer: John Bradbury. Performer: Martin Roscoe.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    String Quartet No 1 (Kreutzer Sonata)

    Ensemble: Smetana Quartet.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No 14

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Storg氓rds. Singer: Soile Isokoski. Singer: Stephen Richardson.

  • Nikolai Obukhov

    Aimons-nous les uns les autres

    Performer: Thomas G眉nther.
    • Piano Works During and after Russian Futurism - Volume 1.
    • Cybele Records.
    • 18.

  • Nikolai Obukhov

    La paix pour les r茅concili茅s - vers la source avec le calice

    Performer: Thomas G眉nther.
    • Piano Works During and after Russian Futurism - Volume 1.
    • Cybele Records.
    • 19.

  • Nikolai Obukhov

    Le Temple est mesur茅, l'Esprit est incarn茅

    Performer: Thomas G眉nther.
    • Piano Works During and after Russian Futurism - Volume 1.
    • Cybele Records.
    • 20.

  • Nikolai Obukhov

    Adorons Christ - Fragment du troisi猫me et dernier Testament

    Performer: Thomas G眉nther.
    • Piano Works During and after Russian Futurism - Volume 1.
    • Cybele Records.
    • 21.

Broadcast

  • Mon 13 Nov 2017 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3