While he was held in a prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, Olivier Messiaen composed the Quartet for the End of Time in response to his "colored dreams," which had been induced by hunger. Apocalyptic visions of the angel Gabriel, surrounded by a swirling rainbow, inspired this deeply mystical and elevated work. The timbres of the instruments ...
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