Ken Thomson of Anzû Quartet discusses their performance of Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time, which was composed and premiered in a German POW camp in 1941. The piece juxtaposes devastation and salvation, reminding us that "apocalypse" originally meant "an unveiling of what is." See it on Sat, Nov 6 at 7PM PT and see the full four-day schedule at https://cap.ucla.edu/calendar/details/tunein2021