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Our first week features two monumental works that approach the passage of time in powerfully different ways. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his Oboe Quartet in 1781, a year that saw immense change in his life. Mozart was feted that year in Munich, and the resulting works are full of new energy, including this quartet he wrote for his friend, the oboist Friedrich Ramm. That experience convinced him to move to Vienna, a decision that shaped his life much as Olivier Messiaen’s being drafted into the army in 1939. After being captured by the Germans, Messiaen was imprisoned in Stalag VIII-A where he composed the Quartet for the End of Time. Setting the book of “Revelation,” the quartet confronts the devastation of the world by offering hope and visions of a better day, a message we need now as much as during WWII.
Week One: Quartets for the End of Time
Saturday, July 6 | 7:30pm | White Recital Hall, UMKC
Sunday, July 7 | 3:00pm | St. Mary's Episcopal Church, KCMO
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St. Mary's Episcopal Church Kansas City, 1307 Holmes St,Kansas City,MO,United States
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