Livre du Saint-Sacrement is Messiaen' last and longest organ work, a thematic cycle based on the sacrament of Communion comprising eighteen movements, many based on his recorded improvisations, arranged into three thematic groups.
5 V. Puer Natus Est Nobis (Unto Us a Child Is Born)
6 VI. La Manne Et Le Pain de Vie (The Manna and Bread of Life)
7 VII. Les Ressuscites Et la Lumiere de Vie (The Resurrected and the Light of Life)
8 VIII. Institution de L'eucharistie (Institution of the Eucharist)
9 IX. Les Tenebres (The Darkness)
10 X. La Resurrection Du Christ (The Resurrection of Christ)
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1 XI. L'apparition Du Christ Ressuscite a Marie-Madeleine (The Appearance of the Risen Christ to Mary Magdalene)
2 XII. La Transsubstantiation (The Transubstantiation)
3 XIII. Les Deux Murailles D'eau (The 2 Walls of Water)
4 XIV. Priere Avant la Communion (Prayer Before Communion)
5 XV. La Joie de la Grace (The Joy of Grace)
6 XVI. Priere Apres la Communion (Prayer After Communion)
7 XVII. La Presence Multipliee (The Multiplied Presence)
8 XVIII. Offrande Et Alleluia Final (Offering and Final Alleluia)
Livre du Saint-Sacrement is Messiaen' last and longest organ work, a thematic cycle based on the sacrament of Communion comprising eighteen movements, many based on his recorded improvisations, arranged into three thematic groups.
