Name: Manchester Collective: The End of Time
Start: 2023-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Howard Assembly Room

Organization

Admin

Opera North

Instrumentalist

Violinist

Rakhi Singh

Violin

Kathryn Stott

Piano

Sergio Castelló López

Clarinet

Nick Trygstad

Cello

Manchester Collective: The End of Time

Leeds

United Kingdom

Howard Assembly Room

Manchester Collective: The End of Time: 2 Fantasias for Violin Solo (1720) Jr., N. M. (+4 More)

Public

2 Fantasias for Violin solo (1720)

Gustave Le Gray

Four Mazurkas, Op.17

Thème et variations

Quartet for the End of Time

Simon Samuel

Approved

Accordionist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Conductor

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Baritone

Singer

Bass

Soprano

Contralto

Bass-baritone

Tenor

Countertenor

Mezzo-soprano

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

If you had to pick a single musical work to reflect the energy, chaos and trauma of the 20th century, you could do a lot worse than Olivier Messiaen’s ‘Quartet for the End of Time’. This is chamber music at its most dramatic and unfiltered.

Messiaen’s transcendental quartet was written in 1941, while the composer was interned at a Nazi prisoner of war camp. It was premiered by fellow inmates to an audience of about 400 prisoners and guards, outside, in the rain. Messiaen later said of the premiere: “Never was I listened to with such rapt attention and comprehension”.

To perform this harrowing epic, the Collective are joined by musical treasure Kathryn Stott on the piano. Kathy, perhaps best known for her celebrated collaborations with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, will perform Caroline Shaw’s exquisite ‘Gustav le Gray’ alongside the Chopin mazurka that inspired the piece.

If you’re familiar with this work, you know what all the fuss is about. If it’s your first time – you’ve got a hell of a ride ahead of you.

English

Manchester Collective: The End of Time by Jr., N. M., Shaw, C., Chopin, Messiaen, From (2023/2023), Howard Assembly Room, Leeds, United Kingdom

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

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Programme, About & Synopsis

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