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Le Banquet céleste - Olivier Messiaen

Recorded on the 1964 Walter Holtkamp organ at Plymouth Church (United Church of Christ), Shaker Heights, Ohio on 10/13/25.. Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. He entered the Paris conservatory at the age of 11, where he studied with Paul Dukas, Charles-Marie Widor and Marcel Dupré. In 1931, Messiaen became an organist at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Paris and remained in that position until his death. Messiaen's compositional style was very complex and unique. He used Greek and Hindu rhythms, bird songs, and specially designed modes of limited transposition. He had synesthesia, a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in another. People with synesthesia may experience colors when listening to music. Perhaps the most profound influence was his deep Catholic faith. Indeed, it can be argued that Messiaen captured the very essence of Catholicism in his music the same way J. S. Bach's music is the ultimate expression of Lutheranism. “Le Banquet céleste” (“The Celestial Banquet”) was written in 1928. It is adapted from the slow movement of an earlier unfinished orchestral work “Le Banquet eucharistique” dating from 1926 – 1927. The work's epigraph, "He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood dwelleth in me and I in him" (John 6:56), indicates that the work is intended for Communion. Despite being only 25 bars long, it takes five to six minutes to perform, due to the extremely slow tempo ("very slow, ecstatic"). The work has two themes: the first, marked "far away, mysterious", is slow and sustained and played on a string celeste stop. The second, played by the pedal using a combination of mutation stops, is marked "brief staccato, as a water drop", and represents Christ's blood. The final chord is accompanied by bass note marked "very deep,” played on a 32' stop. One of the most significant compositional techniques that Messiaen uses in this piece is the octatonic scale, one of his modes of limited transposition (it can be transposed only twice). This scale is built on a succession of 8 notes which alternate in half steps and whole steps and opens up the possibility of building some very colorful chords. Messiaen composed "Le Banquet céleste" using this mode almost exclusively. In order to avoid tonal monotony he transposes the mode every few measures. #OrganMusic #OlivierMessiaen #WalterHoltkamp