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  La Nativité du Seigneur

  La Nativité du Seigneur (The Nativity of the Lord or The Birth of the Saviour ) is a work for organ, written by the French composer Olivier Messiaen in 1935. La Nativité du Seigneur is a testament to Messiaen's Christian faith, being divided into nine "meditations" inspired by the birth of Jesus....
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  Quatuor pour la fin du temps

  Quatuor pour la fin du temps, also known by its English title Quartet for the End of Time, is a piece of chamber music by the French composer Olivier Messiaen. It was premiered in 1941. The piece is scored for clarinet (in B-flat), violin, cello, and piano; a typical performance of the complete...

• Harawi

  Harawi is a song cycle by Oliver Messiaen for soprano and piano. Harawi (1945) is the first part of Messiaen's 'Tristan Trilogy', preceding the Turangalîla Symphony and the Cinq Rechants (both completed in 1948). The cycle takes its name from the inca 'Harawi' or 'Yaravi', a love song genre which...

• Cantéyodjayâ

  Cantéyodjayâ is a work for piano by the French composer Olivier Messiaen, written in 1949. The form of the work's single movement exhibits aspects of sonata-form and rondo, but progresses by superimposition and repetition rather than conventional development. The work's compositional bases are the...

• Éclairs sur l'au-delà…

  Éclairs sur l'au-delà… ("Illuminations (lit. 'flashes of lightning') on the beyond…") is an orchestral piece by the French composer Olivier Messiaen composed between 1987-1991 and is his last work. Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra for their 150th anniversary in 1992, it was first...

• Thème et variations

  Thème et variations (Theme and Variations) (1932) is a composition by Olivier Messiaen for solo violin and piano, and lasts around ten minutes. It is considered as equally characteristic as his Quatuor pour la fin du temps and is as immediately accessible as that work. The work was originally...

• L'Ascension

  L'Ascension ("The Ascension") is a piece for orchestra, composed by Olivier Messiaen in 1932-33. Messiaen described it as "4 Meditations for orchestra". The orchestral piece is in four brief sections: A complete performance takes around 27 minutes. In 1933-34, Messiaen made a version for solo organ...