Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time; Kurt Rohde: one wing Left Coast Chamber Ensemble

• Olivier Messiaen (1908 -1992): Quartet for the End of Time:
• 1Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time: 1. Liturgie de cristal (Crystal Liturgy)02:42
• 2Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time: 2. Vocalise, pour l’ange qui annonce la fin du temps (Vocalise, for the Angel who announces the end of time)04:54
• 3Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time: 3. Abîme des oiseaux (Abyss of the birds)07:23
• 4Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time: 4. Intermède (Interval)01:44
• 5Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time: 5. Louange à l’éternité de Jésus (Praise to the eternity of Jesus)08:24
• 6Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time: 6. Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes (Dance of fury, for the seven trumpets)06:04
• 7Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time: 7. Fouillis d’arcs-en-ciel, pour l’ange qui annonce la fin du temps(Tangle of rainbows, for the Angel who announces the end of time)07:02
• 8Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time: 8. Louange à l’immortalité de Jésus (Praise to the immortality of Jesus)07:16
• Kurt Rohde (b. 1966): one wing
• 9Rohde: one wing07:16
• Total Runtime52:45

Info zu Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time; Kurt Rohde: one wing

The provocative and beguiling Left Coast Chamber Ensemble (LCCE) comprises the crème de la crème of the San Francisco Bay Area’s musicians. Their motto: nothing is out of bounds, and anything is possible. Presenters of all types of music including small ensemble, vocal, orchestral, multi-media and operatic, a select group comes together for this recording of Olivier Messiaen’s seminal chamber work, Quartet for the End of Time. Written during the composer’s confinement in World War II, he maintained hope, expressing, “The abyss is Time with its sadness, its weariness. The birds are the opposite … our desire for light, for stars, for rainbows, and for jubilant songs.” LCCE co-founder and prize-winning composer Kurt Rohde echoes this sentiment in his Messiaen-inspired one wing for violin and piano, heard here in its world-premiere recording.

“like all of Left Coast’s endeavors, the evening married standard repertoire and contemporary works in provocative and beguiling ways” (San Francisco Classical Voice)

Left Coast Chamber Ensemble:
Jerome Simas, clarinet
Anna Presler, violin
Tanya Tomkins, cello
Eric Zivian, piano

Left Coast Chamber Ensemble (LCCE)
is a consortium of 13 San Francisco Bay Area musicians who create exciting performances of all types of classical music for all types of audiences. We work as a cohesive collective of artists who share values of integrity, quality, inclusion, service, curiosity, and advocacy. LCCE centers the music of our time in conversation with musical influences of the past, combining a vast repertoire into thematic performances in our established and well-received concert series. We are also committed to continuing and evolving our broad-based education program, sponsoring our annual composition contest, championing new music through the commissioning of new works, and collaborating with current and diverse artists, thinkers, and scholars.

LCCE brings all types of music including small ensemble, vocal, orchestral, multi-media, and operatic productions to our listeners, conveying an essential and profound experience. With Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, nothing is out of bounds, and anything is possible.

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