quartet for the end of time
📅 Date: 1 December 2025
🕰️ Time: doors open 7pm
📍 Location: fabric (London EC1M 6HJ)
100% funded (21 tickets remaining)
Ensemble Mi play Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time followed by live improvisations by Jon Hopkins, Leo Abrahams and Maddie Ashman in London’s legendary club fabric.
timings
7pm: doors open
8pm: Ensemble Mi play Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps
9pm: improvised reflection with Jon Hopkins, Leo Abrahams, and Maddie Ashman
10pm: estimated finish time
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quartet for
the end of time
quartet for the end of time
Olivier Messian’s visceral Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time) was written in a German prisoner-of-war camp in 1941. The first performance was given on found, borrowed and broken instruments for an audience of prisoners, but the piece has since become one of the most celebrated works of the 20th century.
Performed by Ensemble Mi (Anthony Friend, clarinet; Agata Daraškaitė, violin; Peteris Sokolovskis, cello; James Cheung, piano), Quatuor pour la fin du temps will be followed by an improvised reflection by Jon Hopkins, Leo Abrahams, and Maddie Ashman.
fabric london
Occupying the renovated space of the Metropolitan Cold Stores opposite Smithfield Meat Market, fabric is the two-time winner of DJ Magazine's best club in the world.
Founded in 1999, the club quickly reached legendary status as the birthplace for new subgenres of electronic music and has played host to the biggest names in bass, house, techno, and disco.
tickets
Rewards: standing tickets to noisenight231 on Monday 1 December 2025 at fabric, London. First-come, first-served for the best views. Doors open at 7pm.
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