Messiaen

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4 mentions 1 recordings first heard Jun 2026 last heard 6 Jun ±0 this month

French composer and WWII prisoner‑of‑war who wrote “Messiaen’s End of Time”

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Francis HumphreysThe Pat Kenny Show · Music in times of war · 6:17 · 6 Jun
…It was played in front of 400 prisoners of war…
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Francis HumphreysThe Pat Kenny Show · Music in times of war · 5:46 · 6 Jun
…When that was performed, its premier was in the prison camp.…
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Francis HumphreysThe Pat Kenny Show · Music in times of war · 5:35 · 6 Jun
…And he was trekked off to a prisoner of war camp in Silesia in Poland where the temperature was minus 25 degrees in the winter.…
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Francis HumphreysThe Pat Kenny Show · Music in times of war · 5:22 · 6 Jun
…It's an extraordinary story because Messiaen was enlisted in 1940……
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