Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.

Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.

Programme

  • Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
  • Ross Harris – There may be light
  • Messiaen – Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)

The Musicians

  • Jonathan Cohen – clarinet
  • Amalia Hall – violin
  • Ashley Brown – cello
  • Somi Kim – piano