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Pekka Kuusisto & Friends: Quartet for the End of Time

Milton Court Artist-in-Residence

,Milton Court Concert Hall
Pekka lost in the moment as he passionately plays his violin

A vision of eternity, as violinist Pekka Kuusisto and three friends explore the ecstatic musical universe of Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time.

In a wartime prison camp, Olivier Messiaen found himself with a clarinettist, a violinist, a battered piano and a cello with a broken string. From them, he crafted a vision of beauty on a cosmic scale. Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time is one of those pieces that leaves no listener unmoved. This is music that goes beyond the conventional; that speaks with uncompromising honesty and piercing beauty to performers and listeners alike. 

Pekka Kuusisto has always thrived on musical collaboration, a process which, he says ‘takes humility. It takes recognition that the whole thing is ultimately about music, not about your own ego’. Today, together with three kindred spirits, our charismatic Milton Court Artist-in-Residence puts that principle to the ultimate test. 

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Programme

  • To include:  
  • Messiaen   Quartet for the End of Time

Performers

  • Pekka Kuusisto   violin
  • Alasdair Beatson   piano
  • Matthew Hunt   clarinet
  • Louise Hopkins   cello

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Milton Court Concert Hall

Location
Milton Court Concert Hall is located within the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is approximately a 5 minute walk from the Barbican entrance on Silk Street.  

Address
Milton Court
Silk St, London
EC2Y 9BH

Nearby public transport
We are within walking distance from a number of London Underground stations, the closest being Barbican, Old Street, St Paul’s and Moorgate. The nearest train stations are Liverpool Street and Farringdon. Bus Route 153 runs directly past the Barbican along Chiswell Street

Car and bicycle parking
We have free bicycle spaces and paid car parking spaces available