Performers of this piece imitate gongs and trumpets in its sixth movement, a "Dance of Fury.
The idea for work's fifth movement came from it's composer's unpublished F?es des belles eaux. Its third movement requires notes to be sustained from ppp to fff to create the effect of an abyss. In this piece's first movement, the cello repeats a fifteen-note melody of five pitches while the violin and clarinet respectively imitate a nightingale and blackbird. Performers of this piece imitate gongs and trumpets in its sixth movement, a "Dance of Fury." Ending with a movement titled "Praise to the immortality of Jesus," it represents an apocalyptic angel who comes to announce the title event. First premiered at Stalag 8A near the POW camp of G?rlitz, for 10 points, name this quartet by Olivier Messiaen.
The idea for work's fifth movement came from it's composer's unpublished F?es des belles eaux.
Quartet for the End of Time [or Quatuor pour la fin du temps]