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The concert’s main act, Olivier Messiaen’s End of Times Quartet, is a deeply moving landmark of 20th century chamber music. Messiaen composed the work in a German prison camp during the Second World War. The first half of the concert features Finnish music: a virtuoso Play by Jaakko Kuusisto and the first internationally renowned Finnish composer, B.H. Crusell’s Quartet for Clarinet and Strings.
Mikko Raasakka, clarinet
Kari Tikkala, piano
Meri-Lap String Quartet
Jaakko Kuusisto: Play, op. 10
Mikko Raasakka, clarinet
Juhana Inkinen, violin
Pietari Willey, cello
Kari Tikkala, piano
Berdhard Henrik Crusell: Clarinet Quartet in E-flat major, op.2
Mikko Raasakka clarinet
Petra Keinänen, violin
Weronika Skowronska, viola
Pietari Willey, cello
– Intermission –
Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du Temps / Quartet for the End of Time
Mikko Raasakka, clarinet
Juhana Inkinen, violin
Pietari Willey, cello
Kari Tikkala, piano
Concert duration 1 hour 40 minutes including intermission