Quartet for the End of Time Part 1

[kaostwenty2]

I believe it's perfect but it sound a big mess.

[fremsley001]

Actually Messiaen was commissioned to write his Quartet for the End of Time by FIFA. It was first performed on 16th July 1950 after the final whistle in the Uruguay vs Brazil stand-off, significantly the first World Cup final held since World War II. A young Pele played Abime des Oiseaux and only became a footballer when a scout spotted him and Messaien kicking a ball about during Louange a l'Immortalite de Jesus. The rest, as they say, is history.

[bolengerin]

well they were concentrating prisoners... my text book says a pow camp: Stalag VIIA hope that helps.

[Diwon91]

@treblemaker1992, I have a feeling that sicsemperstegosaurus meant his comment as a compliment, because this music is just so incredible. Also, Messiaen was, I believe, in a POW camp at the time of this piece's composition, not a concentration camp.

[greensaregood]

@Diwon91 No he was at Stalag VIII A which was a concentration camp; that's where it was written and performed for the first time.

[Captainkirk799]

@greensaregood actually he was at Görlitz which is in fact a PoW camp.

[sicsemperstegosaurus]

I could play this wile masturbating a lot

[damsonjammer]

@sicsemperstegosaurus I'm atalkin

[damsonjammer]

SerIOUS!



[musicnerdalways]

I just got the score and the pull out parts for my quartet and wow is this hard.

[Racehazard]

Excellent performance :-)