From St Giles Church,
Cripplegate, London, a recital of chamber music by Olivier Messiaen. Susan Bullock sings Harawi, songs of love and death based on the tragic legend of Tristan and Isolde. The Quartet for the End of Time was composed while Messiaen was a prisoner of war at Gorlitz in Silesia and written in conditions of extreme austerity for the instruments and musicians available to him.
Harawi Susan Bullock (soprano), lain Burnside (piano)
3.00 Interval
In the second of two interval programmes investigating the man behind the music, Anthony Burton explores Messiaen's profound
Catholic faith and the influence it had on his music.
3.20 Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time Michael Collins (clarinet), Isabelle van Keulen (violin), Paul Watkins (cello), Lars-Vogt (piano) Next programme at 7.30pm
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