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Le Banquet céleste

Olivier Messiaen

An extremely slow Eucharistic meditation, built from Messiaen’s early modes and luminous registrations.

Era / date
20th century · 1928

Themes in the music

Musical source

Messiaen associated this work with John 6:56 and the sacrament of the Eucharist. Source ↗

Performance history