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' The Ascension '; official translation: "Ascension Day") is a suite of four symphonic meditations for orchestra that, with the exception of its third movement, were later arranged for pipe organ in 1933–1934. The work was written by the French composer Olivier Messiaen from 1932 to 1933 in Paris, Neuchâtel, and Monaco.
lost in 1942, Messiaen reconstructed it from memory in 1946, [2] published as Hymn: L'Ascension – quatre méditations symphoniques pour orchestre (The Ascension – four symphonic meditations for orchestra) orchestra 1932–33 mvts 1, 2, and 4 arr. for organ with a new 3rd mvt in 1933–34 Chronochromie (Time-Color) orchestra 1959–60 ...
Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (UK: / ˈ m ɛ s i æ̃ /, [1] US: / m ɛ ˈ s j æ̃, m eɪ ˈ s j æ̃, m ɛ ˈ s j ɒ̃ /; [2] [3] [4] French: [ɔlivje øʒɛn pʁɔspɛʁ ʃaʁl mɛsjɑ̃]; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist.
This work marks an evolution in the musical language of Olivier Messiaen, combining features of both Indian classical music and Gregorian chant. The work, together with L'Ascension (1934) and La Nativité du Seigneur (1935), is one of the three early organ cycles of the composer.
Apparition de l'église éternelle (Apparition of the eternal church) is a work for organ, written by the French composer Olivier Messiaen in 1932.. The piece is in arch form, beginning in pianissimo (pp) and building up to a fortississimo (fff) climax featuring a C major chord, and then receding back to pianissimo.
The Turangalîla-Symphonie is the only symphony by Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992). It was written for an orchestra of large forces from 1946 to 1948 on a commission by Serge Koussevitzky for the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
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Diptyque : essai sur la vie terrestre et l'éternité bienheureuse (French: Diptych: essay on earthly life and blessed eternity) is a bipartite essay for organ in C minor by French composer Olivier Messiaen. Written from 1929 through 1930; it is inspired by the theology of his Catholic faith.