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Afternoon Play: Making Space

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3: The End of Time. By Nicholas Mclnerny. In a prison camp in Dresden in the early part of the Second World War, using damaged instruments and working in a bathroom, Olivier Messiaen somehow managed to compose and perform one of the most extraordinary pieces of 20th-century music. The Quartet for the End of Time is based on the words of the Book of Revelation. Professor Anthony Pople tells the story, while dramatist Nicholas Mcinerny imagines events from the point-of-view of the guard who allowed Messiaen the space to work.
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Irene Gillian Goodman

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas McLnerny.
Unknown:
Olivier Messiaen
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Professor Anthony Pople
Dramatist:
Nicholas McInerny
Unknown:
Irene Gillian Goodman
Schmidt:
Andrew Sachs
Desurmont:
Paul Webster
Source: Radio Times

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