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Meadow Brook Music Series

Quartet for the End of Time: Featuring OU Faculty Artists

Join us for this collaborative cultural effort between Meadow Brook Hall and Oakland University, where you will enjoy wine, cheese, desserts and music. Call (248) 364-6263 for reservations, seats are limited. Proceeds benefit the preservation of The Hall and a scholarship fund for university music students.

The iconic 20th-century masterpiece Quartet for the End of Time, composed by Frenchman Olivier Messiaen, was first performed in freezing temperatures and squalid conditions at a German prison camp on January 15, 1941 by a quartet of French prisoners. Only the power of this music, terrifying and at times sublimely beautiful, could transform the spirits of these prisoners during the most horrible of times.

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Faculty artists from Oakland University perform this seminal work in a 70th anniversary commemoration of this historic event. 20th century music scholar Jessica Payette will present a brief talk about the piece prior to the performance.

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