Music For The End Times

[didymos]

Quartet For The End Of Time

...Messiaen was 31 years old when France entered World War II. He was captured by the German army in June 1940 and imprisoned in Stalag VIII-A, a prisoner-of-war camp in Görlitz, Germany (now Zgorzelec, Poland)... The quartet was premiered at the camp, outdoors and in the rain, on 15 January 1941. The musicians had decrepit instruments and an audience of about 400 fellow prisoners and guards. Messiaen later recalled: "Never was I listened to with such rapt attention and comprehension."

...Messiaen wrote in the Preface to the score that the work was inspired by text from the Book of Revelation (Rev 10:1–2, 5–7, King James Version):

And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire ... and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth .... And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever ... that there should be time no longer: But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished...


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V. "Praise to the eternity of Jesus", for cello and piano.
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Jesus is considered here as the Word. A broad phrase, "infinitely slow", on the cello, magnifies with love and reverence the eternity of the Word, powerful and gentle, "whose time never runs out". The melody stretches majestically into a kind of gentle, regal distance. In the beginning was the Word, and Word was with God, and the Word was God." (John 1:1, King James Version)

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quatuor_pour_la_fin_du_temps

[video=youtube;b133NbXTaTY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b133NbXTaTY[/video]


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[sigh33n]

[video=youtube_share;x_3Wa6o1DQk]http://youtu.be/x_3Wa6o1DQk?list=PLHnlC1TH8XuSSrYnfq9oCIRwxNf3bWfR W[/video]

This is the story of three Texas boys busy mindin' their own bidnis
when the Angel of the Lord appeared unto them saying:
"When the Winston Churchill's start firin' their Winston rifles in the sky from the Lone Star State,
drinkin' their Lone Star beer and smoking their Winston cigarettes.
You know the time is drawin' nigh when the Son shall be lifted on high".
We told them that didn't sound very Sunday-go-ta-meetin.
"What do you expect?" they said
"When God calls the crippled deaf and blind to lead the children of Israel to the promised land
"The children of Israel?" we asked
"Don't you boys know nothing? - The USA's the center of Jerusalem."

I hear the train a-coming.

I know not, even with friends reaching out
My thoughts have escaped.
So try and rest till I trample walls over, until land dries
Even now dark times have infiltrated so, we ask you with inhibitions to heed
Breathe Lord on our desperate attempts now, deliver freedom in response.
Experience a new death, victory awaits

Prophets on risen stars.
Open fierce skies make on lookers kneel.
Experiencing a death indeed.
Now my young heros everywhere advance rapidly toward Texas
Here at the troop headquarters enlist, dispatched angels remain knelt
Enduring rainy days and you will overcome, until land dries.

Stretch out our nights been easy, under prophet's orders.
Now until stars align lay low.
Just as was told.
We are here at last
And all prophecies of old shall come to

Just as was told justice will unfold
Just as was told justice will unfold
Just as was told justice will unfold
Just as was told justice will unfold
Just as was told justice will unfold
Just as was told justice will unfold
Just as was told justice will unfold
Just as was told justice will unfold
Just as was told justice will unfold​

The truth be told it will unfold


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[sigh33n]

Quartet For The End Of Time

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didymos, i cannot thank you enough for introducing me to this beautiful piece, i can't stop listening to it!

 

[posthuman]

didymos, i cannot thank you enough for introducing me to this beautiful piece, i can't stop listening to it!

it's a modern classic, no doubt! i love Messiaen very much
i'm fortunate to have been exposed to this already
sigh33n, you would probably like a lot of his other works too.

yes, thank you didymos for posting! ♥

 

[didymos]

didymos, i cannot thank you enough for introducing me to this beautiful piece, i can't stop listening to it!

You're welcome, and thank YOU for introducing me to the world of 'noise.' Maybe we should have a whole thread devoted to 'End time music.'
Your video didn't play, but I managed to find another version. Much more 'swinging' than my music, but with the same eschatological feel to it (reminds me of 'the Doors,' kinda). There's this music from the OST of 'There Will Be Blood,' that reminded me of 'Louange à l'éternité de Jesus,' and now I can't help thinking about the movie whenever I hear Messiaen's piece. Dark movie with an almost biblical feel to it: there's a 'prophet' in that movie, by the name of Daniel Plainview: 'nomen est omen.'

[video=youtube;5Hp-4pkCfg0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Hp-4pkCfg0[/video]

(Cool thing: the vid is the movie in a nutshell)

 

[didymos]

it's a modern classic, no doubt! i love Messiaen very much
i'm fortunate to have been exposed to this already
sigh33n, you would probably like a lot of his other works too.

yes, thank you didymos for posting! ♥

You're welcome too. I especially like the 'Quartet' and 'Turangalîla' with its 'Joie du Sang des Étoiles'
(Joy of the Blood of the Stars)...

It makes me wanna joyfully smash things.


[video=youtube;Tv67YkOWJNA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv67YkOWJNA[/video]

 

[posthuman]

You're welcome, and thank YOU for introducing me to the world of 'noise.' Maybe we should have a whole thread devoted to 'End time music.'

while we're on the subject...

here is a link to the entire book of Revelation, word for word, set to music:

Armath Sargon | The Book of Revelation

it is a 'black metal' style, (properly, 'unblack' - Christian metal played in a style that sound like what is called 'black metal') which you may not appreciate, but here it is, nonetheless. altogether it's a little under 2 hours, in two parts, meant to be played together but separated for easier file transfer.

in the link you may stream them or download the two files for free.
i recommend playing it very loudly, and reading along as you listen.

 

[didymos]

while we're on the subject...

here is a link to the entire book of Revelation, word for word, set to music:

Armath Sargon | The Book of Revelation

it is a 'black metal' style, (properly, 'unblack' - Christian metal played in a style that sound like what is called 'black metal') which you may not appreciate...

Don't underestimate me sir, 1 Thessalonians 5:21 is my motto when it comes to music.
I'll check it out when I have the time, thank you.

 

[didymos]

Keep us...
Guide us...
To the End of Time...

[video=youtube;gFEuLx9OIvY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFEuLx9OIvY[/video]

 

[didymos]

[video=youtube;Q38ZEdUJvLI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q38ZEdUJvLI[/video]​

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[didymos]

A New Heaven and a New Earth (all's well that ends well)

Revelation 21: 1-5 (Douay-Rheims Bible) / Apocalypse 21:1-5 (Vulgate)

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[TD="class: DARK"]21
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[TD]1
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[TD]I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth was gone: and the sea is now no more.
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[TD]et vidi caelum novum et terram novam primum enim caelum et prima terra abiit et mare iam non est
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[TD="class: DARK"]21
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[TD]And I, John, saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
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[TD]et civitatem sanctam Hierusalem novam vidi descendentem de caelo a Deo paratam sicut sponsam ornatam viro suo
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[TD="class: DARK"]21
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[TD]3
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[TD]And I heard a great voice from the throne, saying: Behold the tabernacle of God with men: and he will dwell with them. And they shall be his people: and God himself with them shall be their God.
[/TD]
[TD]et audivi vocem magnam de throno dicentem ecce tabernaculum Dei cum hominibus et habitabit cum eis et ipsi populus eius erunt et ipse Deus cum eis erit eorum Deus
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[TD="class: DARK"]21
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[TD]4
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[TD]And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and death shall be no more. Nor mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more, for the former things are passed away.
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[TD]et absterget Deus omnem lacrimam ab oculis eorum et mors ultra non erit neque luctus neque clamor neque dolor erit ultra quae prima abierunt
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[TD="class: DARK"]21
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[TD]5
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[TD]And he that sat on the throne, said: Behold, I make all things new. And he said to me: Write. For these words are most faithful and true.
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[TD]et dixit qui sedebat in throno ecce nova facio omnia et dicit scribe quia haec verba fidelissima sunt et vera
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[video=youtube;9MTS-FZQ7KQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MTS-FZQ7KQ[/video]​

 

[didymos]

[SUP] 24 [/SUP]Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. [SUP]25 [/SUP]For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. [SUP]26 [/SUP]The last enemy to be destroyed is death. [SUP]27 [/SUP]For He “has put everything under His feet.” Now when it says that “everything” has been put under Him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ.[SUP]28 [/SUP]When He has done this, then the Son Himself will be made subject to Him who put everything under Him, so that God may be all in all.

(1 Corinthians 15: 24-28 / NIV)

Tat Tvam Asi.

(Chandogya Upanishad 6.8.7.)

[video=youtube;YOCXMi0cyXc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOCXMi0cyXc[/video]

 

[didymos]

The Song of the Sibyl ... is a liturgical drama and a Gregorian chant, the lyrics of which compose a prophecy describing the Apocalypse, which has been performed at some churches of Majorca (Balearic Islands, Spain) and Alghero (Sardinia, Italy), and some Catalan churches, in Catalan language on Christmas Eve nearly uninterrruptedly since medieval times...

The lyrics stated here correspond with a Majorcan version of the song... The text is not standard, but late Medieval Catalan...:

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[TD]Original Catalan
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[TD]English Translation
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[TD]Al jorn del judici parrà qui avrà fet servici.
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[TD]On the day of judgment, he will be spared who has done service.
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[TD]Jesucrist, Rei universal, home i ver Déu eternal, del cel vindrà per a jutjar i a cada u lo just darà.
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[TD]Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, man and true eternal God, from Heaven will come to judge and to everyone what is fair will give.
[/TD]
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[TD]Gran foc del cel davallarà; mars, fonts i rius, tot cremarà. Daran los peixos horribles crits perdent los seus naturals delits.
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[TD]Great fire from the heaven will come down; seas, fountains and rivers, all will burn. Fish will scream loud and in horror. Losing their natural delights.
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[TD]Ans del Judici l'Anticrist vindrà i a tot lo món turment darà, i se farà com Déu servir,i qui no el crega farà morir.
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[TD]Before the Judgement the Antichrist will come and will give suffering to everyone,and will make himself be served like God, and who does not obey he will make die.
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[TD]Lo seu regnat serà molt breu; en aquell temps sots poder seu moriran màrtirs tots a un llocaquells dos sants, Elies i Enoc.
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[TD]His reign will be very short; in these times under his power will die martyrs, all at oncethose two saints, Elijah and Enoch.
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[TD]Lo sol perdrà sa claredat mostrant-se fosc i entelat, la lluna no darà claror i tot lo món serà tristor.
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[TD]The sun will lose its lightness showing itself dark and veiled, the moon will give no light and the whole world will be sorrow.
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[TD]Als mals dirà molt agrament: —Anau, maleits, en el turment! anau-vos-ne en el foc etern amb vòstron príncep de l'infern!
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[TD]To the evil ones he will say very sourly: -Go, damned, into the torment! go inside the eternal fire with your prince of Hell!
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[TD]Als bons dirà: —Fills meus, veniu! benaventurats posseïu el regne que us he aparellat des que lo món va esser creat!
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[TD]To the good ones he will say: -My sons, come! lucky ones, you possess the kingdom I have entailed for you since the world was created!
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[TD]Oh humil Verge! Vós qui heu parit Jesús Infant aquesta nit, a vòstron Fill vullau pregar que de l'infern vulla'ns lliurar!
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[TD]Oh humble Virgin! May you who have given birth to Child Jesus in this night, to your son want to pray so he will want to keep us from Hell!...
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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Song_of_the_Sibyl

[video=youtube;5p40pPd-UPc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p40pPd-UPc[/video]

 

[ColinCat]

I don't know how to post YouTube videos. But Ive always liked Johnny Cash "When the Man Comes Around" sounds like Hes singing about end times.

Not that I know much about that sort of thing lol

 

[didymos]

I don't know how to post YouTube videos. But Ive always liked Johnny Cash "When the Man Comes Around" sounds like Hes singing about end times.

Not that I know much about that sort of thing lol

You're right: interesting song.
But I'm not going to post it myself, because it has some doubtful lyrics.
(No need to discuss them here though).

 

[didymos]

For Here We Have No Continuing City (Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem)

For here we have no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
(Hebrews 13:14 / KJV)

Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
(I Corinthians 15:51-55 / KJV)

Thou are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou has created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
(Revelation 4:11 / KJV)


Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt, sondern die zukünftige suchen wir.
Siehe, ich sage euch ein Geheimnis: Wir werden nicht alle entschlafen, wir werden aber alle verwandelt werden; und dasselbige plötzlich, in einem Augenblick, zu der Zeit der letzten Posaune. Denn es wird die Posaune schallen, und die Toten werden auferstehen unverweslich, und wir werden verwandelt werden. Dann wird erfüllet werden das Wort, das geschrieben steht: Der Tod ist verschlungen in den Sieg. Tod, wo ist dein Stachel? Hölle, wo ist dein Sieg?
Herr, du bist würdig zu nehmen Preis und Ehre und Kraft; denn du hast alle Dinge erschaffen und durch deinen Willen haben sie das Wesen und sind geschaffen.



[video=youtube;fZKX6QP-pZU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZKX6QP-pZU[/video]

 

[slave]

file:////Music/The%20Sheep%20and%20the%20Goats%20-%20Keith%20Green%20-%20YouTube.webarchive

I don't have the traditional background like yourselves but this is the music for the end times for me. It is a Keith Green classic from the 1977-1982 era of ministry but it is based on Mathew verses that speak of the Sheep and the Goats.

 

[didymos]

file:////Music/The%20Sheep%20and%20the%20Goats%20-%20Keith%20Green%20-%20YouTube.webarchive

I don't have the traditional background like yourselves but this is the music for the end times for me. It is a Keith Green classic from the 1977-1982 era of ministry but it is based on Mathew verses that speak of the Sheep and the Goats.

It doesn't really matter what background you have,
as long as your music is about the end times you're on topic.

[video=youtube;kBkNzb283-U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBkNzb283-U[/video]

 

[didymos]

Judgement Day (Der Tag des Gerichts)

Unlike the music of his contemporary J.S.Bach, the music of G.P.Telemann never brings me down, not even his composition about Judgement Day. Here's the ouverture and the first chorus with words from Jude:

... the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones, to judge everyone...
(Jude 1:14-15 / NIV)

... der HERR kommt mit vieltausend Heiligen, Gericht zu halten über alle...
(Judas 1:14-15 / Lutherbibel)


[video=youtube;nVjm9TTqt0k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVjm9TTqt0k[/video]

 

[AgeofKnowledge]

[video=youtube;CTVraVgzC9U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTVraVgzC9U[/video]