L’Ascension

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L’Ascension is a four-movement orchestral and organ work by French composer Olivier Messiaen that reflects his deeply spiritual, Catholic mysticism through luminous, harmonically rich soundscapes.

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L’Ascension canonical 1

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instanceOf orchestral work ⓘ
organ work ⓘ
composer Olivier Messiaen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
genre sacred music ⓘ
symphonic work ⓘ
hasDedication religious subject of the Ascension ⓘ
hasLanguageOfTitle French ⓘ
hasMood exultant ⓘ
meditative ⓘ
hasMovement Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel ⓘ
Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père ⓘ
Prière du Christ montant vers son Père ⓘ
Transports de joie d’une âme devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne ⓘ
hasMovementOrder Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel is movement 2 ⓘ
Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père is movement 1 ⓘ
Prière du Christ montant vers son Père is movement 4 ⓘ
Transports de joie d’une âme devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne is movement 3 ⓘ
hasTitleTranslation The Ascension ⓘ
hasVersion orchestral version of L’Ascension ⓘ
organ version of L’Ascension ⓘ
inspiredBy Biblical texts ⓘ
Catholic liturgy ⓘ
instrumentation pipe organ ⓘ
symphony orchestra ⓘ
movementCount 4 ⓘ
notableFor expression of spiritual contemplation ⓘ
luminous, harmonically rich soundscapes ⓘ
period early career of Olivier Messiaen ⓘ
religiousContext Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousFeastDepicted Feast of the Ascension ⓘ
linked to: Ascension Day
style 20th-century classical music ⓘ
coloristic orchestration ⓘ
modal harmony ⓘ
theme Ascension of Christ ⓘ
linked to: Ascension of Jesus

Christian mysticism ⓘ
usesTechnique extended chords ⓘ
non-functional harmony ⓘ
rich orchestral timbres ⓘ

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