A lecture with live musical illustrations on Olivier Messiaen's 'Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps' ('Quartet for the End of Time'), which was composed whilst imprisoned in the Nazi concentration camp, Stalag VIIIA, Silesia, in 1941.

The musicians to perform the piece are as follows:
Oliver Janes, clarinet
Tanya Sweiry, violin
Hannah Rose Innes, cello
Morta Grigaliunaite, piano

The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/in-prison-camp-messiaen-quatuor-pour-la-fin-du-temps

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