天美影视

Published January 29, 2015

Scot Humes, the University of 天美影视 at Monroe associate professor of clarinet, will perform Olivier Messiaen鈥檚 鈥淨uartet for the End of Time,鈥� and B茅la Bartok鈥檚 鈥淐ontrasts鈥� at 7:30 p.m., on Tuesday, Feb. 3, in the Emy-Lou听Biedenharn Recital Hall on the 天美影视 campus.

The performance is free and open to the public.

Joining Humes in this performance are violinist Jubal Fulks, from the University of Northern Colorado; and Luther College faculty members, cellist Eric Kutz and pianist Xiao Hu.

The recital will open with Bartok鈥檚 鈥淐ontrasts.鈥� This three-movement work was written in 1939 for violinist Joseph Szigeti, clarinetist Benny Goodman, and Bart贸k himself at the piano.

It utilizes Hungarian folk music, Rumanian dance melodies, modal scales, and a wide rhythmic palette of influences by Bulgarian and Greek meters.

The second piece, 鈥淨uatour pour la fin du temps鈥� (Quartet for the end of time) was written during the composer鈥檚 imprisonment in the Nazi Prisoner of War camp Stalag VIII.

Messiaen was recognized by a guard in the camp who was familiar with his work, making it possible for him to continue composing during his imprisonment.

For more information, contact the School of Visual and Performing Arts Box Office at 318-342-1414.

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