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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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FSSO Symphony concert - Soloist: Doug Masek (Saxophono)

FSSO Symphony concert
Thursday 2 September 2010


Odeion
19:30

Soloist: Doug Masek (Saxophono)
Conductor: Brandon Phillips

The Free State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Brandon Phillips will conclude the first Muzik@UFS concert series on Thursday 2 September. The programme for the evening is varied and interesting, including music by Chopin (whose 200th birthday is celebrated this year), Noel Stockton (who is turning 80 this year) and Beethoven. Internationally acclaimed saxophonist, Douglas Masek will be the soloist.

The programme will start with Chopin’s Nocturne in A-flat major orchestrated by Stravinski. This will be followed by two compositions for saxophone and orchestra by Noel Stockton: Gossip (for saxophone and string orchestra) and Saxo-Rhapso - the latter work was comissioned for this concert. The themes of Saxo-Rhapso are all drawn from Jazz and Jazz orientated compositions, and the nature of the piece is Rhapsodic. The evening will conclude with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8.

Internationally renowned performer and teacher of the saxophone, DOUGLAS MASEK is sought after by orchestras and concert series to perform concertos and solo recitals on stage throughout six continents. His performances, which have emphasized versatility in a wide range of musical styles, from classical and contemporary to jazz, have consistently garnered critical acclaim. The Los Angeles Times stated that Masek's playing is “smooth, sinuous, and glowing with the requisite rich color.” The Daily Review in Oakland, California, wrote that “Masek plays with dazzling virtuosity”, while The Outlook in Santa Monica, California, declared that “Masek's performance was marvelous & his control was almost uncanny; extraordinary musicianship”. Pamina Concerts in Barcelona, Spain, adds that “Masek's playing is always exquisite and full of feeling and musicality”. In South Africa, The Argus wrote "Masek's tone: beautiful and pure” and the Cape Times added “dynamic and magical”.

Brandon Phillips started conducting in the New Apostolic Church. He conducted the Cape Philharmonic Youth Orchestra from 2004 until end 2006. From 2006 to 2010 he took part in yearly conducting master classes under maestro Victor Yampolsky. In February 2010 Mr. Phillips made his conducting debut with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra during the final rounds of the first Len van Zyl conducting competition. Mr. Phillips was awarded first prize, which entailed a month's internship with the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra and two months of studies under maestro Yampolsky at the North-western University in Chicago. After his return from the USA, Mr. Phillips initiated a conducting training course as part of the Cape Philharmonic Youth Orchestra education project. He is still involved with conducting in the New Apostolic Church and is currently Principal Bassoonist of the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra.

Admission
R120 (adults) per concert
R80 (pensioners, students and learners) per concert

Tickets @ Computicket (Shoprite / Checkers, Mimosa Mall, Izami Bloemiste)
Book online at www.computicket.com  

Season tickets:
Only R360 for the whole season - a massive discount of up to R240!

Enquiries:
Ella Kotze (FSSO), tel. 051 – 401 2342 (8:00 – 13:00)
www.fsso.org.za  

 

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