Messe de la Pentecôte

Messe de la Pentecôte ("Pentecost Mass") is an organ mass composed by Olivier Messiaen in 1949–50. According to the composer, it is based on twenty years of improvising at Église de la Sainte-Trinité, where Messiaen was organist since 1931. The work is in five movements: 1. * Entrée (Les langues de feu) - Entrance 2. * Offertoire (Les choses visibles et invisibles) - Offertory 3. * Consécration (Le don de Sagesse) - Consecration 4. * Communion (Les oiseaux et les sources) - Communion 5. * Sortie (Le vent de l'Esprit) - Recessional

Messe de la Pentecôte

Messe de la Pentecôte ("Pentecost Mass") is an organ mass composed by Olivier Messiaen in 1949–50. According to the composer, it is based on twenty years of improvising at Église de la Sainte-Trinité, where Messiaen was organist since 1931. The work is in five movements: 1. * Entrée (Les langues de feu) - Entrance 2. * Offertoire (Les choses visibles et invisibles) - Offertory 3. * Consécration (Le don de Sagesse) - Consecration 4. * Communion (Les oiseaux et les sources) - Communion 5. * Sortie (Le vent de l'Esprit) - Recessional