Der Kaiser Von Atlantis & Quartet For The End Of Time

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Barbican HallSilk Street, London, Greater London, EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Ullmann, Viktor (1898-1944)	The Emperor of Atlantis (Der Kaiser von Atlantis) (concert performance)
Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992)	Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time)

Performers

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Bachtrack, 16th February

Written while the composer was imprisoned in the Theresienstadt ghetto, Viktor Ullmann’s powerful opera imagines an end to death.

David Karlin, 24th January

Ullmann's one act opera, written in the concentration camp at Terezin, receives a powerful performance from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

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