Quartet for the End of Time/The Crystal Liturgy

Commissioned for the 75th anniversary of Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, written in a WWII prison camp, this animation explores the composer's ties to mathematics, music and religious belief.

Visualises music and mathematics in shimmering particle animation set to one of the 20th century's great works.

Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time premiered on 15 January 1941 in the prisoner-of-war camp where the composer was interned during World War Two. To celebrate the 75th anniversary Sinfini Music commissioned m

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