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O sacrum convivium! by Olivier Messiaen

The Quire of Cheahs presents Messiaen’s haunting and deeply spiritual motet, “O sacrum convivium!”. Though much of his music is overtly Christian in content, this is his only liturgical motet which makes its impact all the more profound. Written when Messiaen was only 29, this early work revels in a static chromaticism which lends it a fervently devotional quality. The text is taken from the Antiphon for Second Vespers at Corpus Christi and marks the first instance of the composer setting a text in Latin rather than in French. A note about this recording: I have chosen to sing it a semitone lower from the written key. Since everything is sung and recorded at pitch without any electronic octave manipulation, I needed to find a way to get around the highest note (ie. A-sharp6) in the piece on the words “et futurae gloriae” and A6 is just about as high as I am able to sing. I think the lowered key works pretty well and still successfully conveys the mysticism of the music without compromising my artistic integrity/ability. — O sacrum convivium, in quo Christus sumitur recolitur memoria passionis eius. Mens impletur gratia et futurae gloriae nobis pignus datur. Alleluia. O sacred feast, at which Christ is received the memory of his passion is renewed. Our souls are filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us. Alleluia.