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Pavel Kolesnikov & Samson Tsoy (photo Joss McKinley)
Pavel Kolesnikov & Samson Tsoy (photo Joss McKinley)

The Rite of Time

Pavel Kolesnikov, Samson Tsoy, Alina Ibragimova, Alban Gerhardt, Nicolas Baldeyrou, HIIIT, Rosas + Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker
Sun 22 Mar 2026 15:00 - 17:00
Sun 22 Mar 2026
15:00 - 17:00
  • Sun 22 Mar 2026
    15:00 - 17:00
    Grote Zaal
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Program

Alfred Schnittke Lebenslauf for piano, metronome and percussions
Franz Schubert Andante con moto from Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 100
Morton Feldman Madame Press died last week at ninety
Steve Reich Piano Phase (with dance)
Olivier Messiaen Quatuor pour la fin du temps

Credits

Pavel Kolesnikov piano
Samson Tsoy piano
Alina Ibragimova violin
Alban Gerhardt cello
Nicolas Baldeyrou clarinet
HIIIT
Rosas dance
Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker choreografy

Consolation in the face of time’s unyielding march

The Ragged Music Festival concludes with a deeply affecting climax: a stellar performance of Olivier Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Messiaen composed his deeply moving plea for peace in a German prisoner-of-war camp where he was detained in June 1940. The music of Alfred Schnittke and of Morton Feldman, master of silence, also has a relationship with death and the relentless passage of time in human life.

Messiaen’s famous quartet is a religiously inspired vision in which an angel stops time. But it is also a testament to life, expressed through imitations of birdsong and rich, warm harmonies. That warmth, and the subtle melancholy for all that makes the world beautiful, are also expressed in the wonderfully consoling Andante from Schubert’s most famous piano trio. Rosas and choreographer Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker pay homage to the American minimalist Steve Reich with Piano Phase.

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