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Quartet For The End Of Time
2018-10-25

Quartet For The End Of Time

By Olivier Messiaen (1908 – 1992)

25 October 2018

Odeion

19:30

“THE IDEA OF THE END OF TIME AS THE END OF PAST AND FUTURE AND THE BEGINNING OF ETERNITY”

Anmari van der Westhuizen and Samson Diamond (members of the renowned Odeion String Quartet), will join with the award-winning soloists Grethe Nöthling and Danrè Strydom to perform one of the 20th century’s most compelling chamber music works, Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time. These musicians need no introduction to Bloemfontein audiences.

Composed while he was a prisoner of war, Messiaen's Quartet has continually wowed audiences since its creation. The oppressive conditions within which the work was conceived - set against the backdrop of wartime conditions in Nazi Germany - contribute to the work’s inner narrative. In this unsettling time of global political and social uncertainty, we aim to reframe this work from the past in order to contemplate the present. Music woven together with other art forms elicit and explain a range of emotions where words often fail.

A selection of striking WWII photos will be projected behind the musicians - reflecting the theme and history of the composition.

About the composition
Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 92)
Quatour pour le fin du temps (1940 - 41)

Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time was written in perhaps the most incongruous spot any great score has been composed in: an unheated barrack in Stalag VIII-A, a German prisoner-of-war camp, during the second winter of World War 2. Messiaen wrote this mystical quartet for the instruments available in the camp (clarinet, violin, cello, and piano) in a setting that is arguably among the least conducive for creative work.

The quartet is Messiaen's musical depiction of and rumination on Revelation 10:1-7, which the composer included as a heading to the score:

“I saw a mighty angel descending from heaven, clad in mist, having around his head a rainbow. His face was like the sun, his feet like pillars of fire. He placed his right foot on the sea, his left on the earth, and standing thus on the sea and the earth, he lifted his hand toward heaven and swore by Him who liveth forever and ever, saying: "There shall be time no longer, but at the day of the trumpet of the seventh angel the mystery of God shall be consummated."

ADMISSION

  • R120 (adults)
  • *R80 (pensioners)
  • *R70 (UFS staff)
  • *R50 (students, learners and block bookings of 10+)

Tickets available at Computicket or online at http://online.computicket.com/web/

*Please note that tickets for pensioners, students, learners and UFS staff can only be purchased at a Computicket outlet (Shoprite Checkers) or at the doors since a valid card or ID has to be presented to qualify for the above-mentioned discount.

ENQUIRIES
Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 401 2504)


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International Clarinet Extravaganza

The second INTERNATIONAL CLARINET EXTRAVAGANZA will take place from 28 January until 1 February 2020 at the UFS ODEION SCHOOL OF MUSIC (OSM) in Bloemfontein under the curatorship of Dr Danré Strydom.

The international mentors and soloists for the Extravaganza will be performing in several concerts during the festival:

Concert 1

International soloists with piano
30 January 2020
19:30
Odeion
Entrance: Free
Program: Mendelssohn, Mangani, Weber, Hanssens
Soloists: Eddy Vanoosthuyse (Belgium), Danré Strydom (South Africa), Danielle Roussouw (South Africa), Severine Sierens (Belgium), Bence Szepesi (Hungary)
Collaborative pianists: Anneke Lamont, Cèzarre Strydom, Lesley-Ann Botha, Jana Mathee

Concert 2

Clarinet, String Quartet & Canapés
31 January 2020
19:00
Warmkaroo
Entrance R295.00 (includes canapés/bowl food)
Book by 25/01/2020 – www.warmkaroo.com
Program: Weber, Mozart, Brahms, Grign
Clarinet Soloists with the Odeion String Quartet

Concert 3

Gala concert with the Free State Symphony Orchestra
1 February 2020
19:30
Odeion
Entrance: Free
Program: Molter, Bach, Schreiner, Frost, Weber
The program will include a performance of Bach’s Concerto for four pianos (Anneke Lamont, Cezarre Strydom, Lesley-Ann Botha, Jana Mathee).
The festival clarinet choir will also be part of the programme, celebrating Beethoven.

Danré Strydom, the clarinet and saxophone lecturer at the OSM, stated the main objectives of the festival is to expose South African clarinet players, from beginners to advanced, as well as teachers and lecturers, to international clarinet trends and excellent artistry. Apart from the artistic events and masterclasses, workshops will also be presented regarding technical aspects with reference to mouthpieces, instruments, reeds and other equipment.

Further information re the soloists:

The official accompanists for the extravaganza will be Dr Anneke Lamont and Lesley-Ann Botha of the OSM, Dr Jana Mathee of the North-West University School of Music as well as Cézarre Strydom from the Paul Roos Gymnasium (Stellenbosch).

Detailed information about the complete programme and all the international artists and mentors can be acquired from the official Facebook Page Za-International-Clarinet-Extravaganza.

(email: clarinetextravaganza@gmail.com)

The official partners for the event are the OSM, FSSO, Odeion String Quartet, OSM Camerata, Buffet Crampon, RZ instruments, Arts Trust, Rupert Foundation, and the International Clarinet Association.

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