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The Organ Music of Olivier Messiaen

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

First of six programmes in which Gillian Weir introduces and plays all of Messiaen's organ music in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington DC
Le banquet céleste (1928) L'Ascension: quatre meditations symphoniques (1834)
Diptyque: essai sur la vie terrestre et l'éternité bienheureuse (1930)
For specification of the organ, please send an sae to: ' Messiaen Organ Specification ', [address removed]

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Introduces:
Gillian Weir
Source: Radio Times

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