Michael Parloff: Lecture on Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time at Music@Menlo

Michael Parloff provides insight into the music and history of Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time in this 41-minute multimedia lecture

This is Part 2 of a two-part Encounter that was recorded on August 6, 2024 at Music@Menlo; Chamber Music Festival and Institute, David Finckel and Wu Han, Artist Directors.

Part 1: Michael Parloff’s lecture about George Crumb’s Black Angels for Electric String Quartet can be viewed at    • Michael Parloff: Lecture on George Crumb’s...  

Musical illustrations for this lecture were drawn from the following performances and online videos:

Musicians from the Danish National Symphony Orchestra’s video of Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time:
   • Quartet for the End of Time / Quatuor pour...  

Violinist Stefan Jackiw and pianist Orion Weiss video of Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time performed at Death of Classical:
   • Quartet for the End of Time  

Olivier Messiean’ performance of Diptyque for organ:
   • Olivier Messiaen - "Diptyque" for organ (V...  

Excerpts from Parlance Chamber Concerts’s live performance on February 18, 2024 of Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time from Parlance Chamber Concerts by violinist Stefan Jackiw, clarinetist Anthony McGill, cellist Nicholas Canellakis, and pianist Michael Stefan Brown