Íris

Íris is a piece using the same formation as the Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps of Messiaen, plus tape. The inspiration for this piece is also from the book of Revelation from the New Testament, and relates to the vision the prophet John had of the throne of God, with the rainbow (Iris in the original greek language) around it, and the twenty-four elders worshiping. The piece is composed itself of twenty-four sections that are not separated but coexist to form an organic whole. The harmonic structure of this work is based in Messiaen’s harmonies of the Quatuor.