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Chamber Works - A particularly evocative description exists of the 1941 premiere of Messiaen's Quatuor pour le fin du temps. The performance took place far away from the comfortable happiness of a concert hall; a hut in Stalag VIII-A, the German Prisoner-of-war camp in which Messiaen was interned and where he had written...

Prepared Piano - And now for something completely different I may have mentioned previously that Melbourne plays host to a seemingly constant string of festivals throughout the year and currently it's the turn of the 'Melbourne International Arts' Festival. Generally the feature events are too expensive for the likes of me and I'm left...

Steve Reich - Three Movements / The Desert Music (conductor: Kristjan Järvi) -

So much of Steve Reich’s music depends on shifting tensions and sonorities. The slightest harmonic tweak in the upper strings must be as committed as the most grounding and predictable left-handed piano thuds. Consequently, performing his works requires an almost telepathic connection between musicians and expert marshalling, perhaps even more...

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