Oakland University's
Department of Music, Theatre & Dance
presents
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An Historic Evening
of
Clarinet
Music
with
Nophachai Cholthitchanta
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The internationally recognized early clarinetist and scholar ( bio) performs
works on his 18th century clarinet.
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Friday, March 5
8:00pm
Varner Recital Hall
Admission is free |
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FROM THE ASHES OF TIME,
MUSIC FOR ALL
ETERNITY
Olivier Messiaen's
"Quartet for the
End of Time" |
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The musicians, along with renowned clarinetist and Messiaen expert Rebecca Rischin and OU music professor and 20th-century music scholar Jessica Payette, will participate in a forum discussion before the perfomance of this seminal work, which was written while the composer was interred in a a German prison camp during World War II.
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Saturday, March 13
8:00pm
Varner Recital Hall
$17 General Admission, $9 Students |
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Meet the Author |
| Rebecca Rischin (bio), author of the critically-acclaimed For the End of Time: The Story of the Messiaen Quartet, will share her research experiences. |
Friday, March 12, 2010
4:00pm
Varner Recital Hall
Admission is free
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Library Resources for Further Reading
The Clarinet - A history of the instrument and its role in 18th century music from Grove Music Online.*
Resources about Olivier Messiaen*
Griffiths, Paul. Messiaen, Olivier. Grove Music Online.
Anderson, Julian. (2009) Messiaen and the notion of influence. Tempo 63(247): 2-18.
Forte, Allen. (2002). Olivier Messiaen as serialist. Music Analysis 21: 3-34.
Books about Messiaen and sound recordings of his work at Kresge Library
Reviews of For the End of Time: The Story of the Messiaen Quartet by Rebecca Rischin
Musical Times (reviewed by Nigel Simeone)
Notes (reviewed by Leslie Sprout)
Publishers Weekly