general information

composition date
1943-1944
duration
35 min
editor
Durand
Commission
Denise Tual
Libretto (details, author)

Olivier Messiaen

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo instrument(s), choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
piano, ondes Martenot

3 percussionists, vibraphone, celesta, 8 violins, 8 second violins, 6 violas, 6 cellos, 4 double basses

information about the creation

date
April 21, 1945
concerts de la Pléiade, Paris
interpreters
Yvonne Loriod (piano), Ginette Martenot (onde Martenot), Chorale Yvonne Gouverné, Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire, direction : Roger Désormière

Part titles

  1. Antienne de la Conversation intérieure (Dieu présent en nous…)

    2. Séquence du Verbe, Cantique divin (Dieu présent en lui-même…)

    3. Psalmodie de l’Ubiquité par Amour (Dieu présent en toutes choses…)

recordings

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complete.mp3

Composed by Olivier Messiaen , concert on February 19, 1995


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