Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps Presented by Liszt Academy

Messiaen’s quartet for violin, cello, clarinet and piano is one of the most influential chamber works of 20th century music. Composed in a prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War, its basic idea was inspired by the words of an angel descending from heaven in the Book of Revelation: ‘there shall be no more time’. The concept for the music, which was not originally intended for the stage, was created by pianist and interdisciplinary artist Róza Radnóti, who has produced several music videos, music films and music-based stage performances with her fellow artists. Based on the composer’s artistic credo and the musical events and atmosphere of the work, the performance is born out of a dialogue between music, movement, light and space.