Caoine
1996

Opus: 17
Written for: soprano, flute, violin, guitar
Subtitle: Quatuor pour la fin d’une vie
Duration: circa 10:30 min.
Movements: Bien modéré – Lentement. Un peu vif – Le Tombeau (Très lent)
Details: Caoine (a Keltic funeral rite) was written in memoriam on the death of Olivier Messiaen

Score example: click here for the final bars of movement II and the opening bars of movement III