Please note: the correct start time for this concert is 15:30.
October 26 offers a truly exceptional experience as Swedish organist Hans-Ola Ericsson, former professor of organ at McGill University, presents Olivier Messiaen’s masterpiece, Livre du Saint Sacrement, at the iconic Oratoire Saint-Joseph. This is a rare opportunity to hear this monumental work (Messiaen’s magnum opus for the organ) in its entirety.
Location: St. Joseph’s Oratory (Montréal)
Date/Time: Saturday, October 26, at 3:30 PM (Exact time to be confirmed)
Le Livre du Saint-Sacrement
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
I. Adoro te
II. La Source de Vie
III. Le Dieu caché
IV. Acte de Foi
V. Puer natus est nobis
VI. La manne et le Pain de Vie
VII. Les ressuscités et la lumière de Vie
VIII. Institution de l’Eucharistie
IX. Les ténèbres
X. La Résurrection du Christ
XI. L’apparition du Christ ressuscité à Marie-Madeleine
XII.La Transsubstantiation
XIII. Les deux murailles d’eau
XIV. Prière avant la communion
XV. La joie de la grâce
XVI. Prière après la communion
XVII. La Présence multipliée
XVIII. Offrande et Alleluia final