Messiaen: Visions de l'amen
Copy at Case Memorial Library
Contents: Visions de l'amen, for two pianos (1943): 1. Amen of creation, 2. Amen of the stars, and of the ringed planet, 3. Amen of the agony of Jesus, 4. Amen of desire, 5. Amen of the angels, of the saints, and of birdsong, 6. Amen of the judgment, 7. Amen of the consummation.
Personnel: Maarten Bon, Reinbert de Leeuw, pianos.
From the composer's notes: "Amen carries four different meanings:
— Amen, so be it! The act of creation.
— Amen, I submit, I accept. May thy will be done!
— Amen, the wish, the desire, so be it, that thou give to me and I to thee!
— Amen, that which is, determined for all time, consumed [i.e., consummated] in Paradise.
By associating the life of all creatures who say Amen with the very fact of their existence, I have endeavoured, through seven musical visions, to express the wealth of meaning contained in the word Amen."
Contents: Visions de l'amen, for two pianos (1943): 1. Amen of creation, 2. Amen of the stars, and of the ringed planet, 3. Amen of the agony of Jesus, 4. Amen of desire, 5. Amen of the angels, of the saints, and of birdsong, 6. Amen of the judgment, 7. Amen of the consummation.
Personnel: Maarten Bon, Reinbert de Leeuw, pianos.
From the composer's notes: "Amen carries four different meanings:
— Amen, so be it! The act of creation.
— Amen, I submit, I accept. May thy will be done!
— Amen, the wish, the desire, so be it, that thou give to me and I to thee!
— Amen, that which is, determined for all time, consumed [i.e., consummated] in Paradise.
By associating the life of all creatures who say Amen with the very fact of their existence, I have endeavoured, through seven musical visions, to express the wealth of meaning contained in the word Amen."
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