Title: Visions de l'amen
English title: Visions of the Amen
Genre: piano
Composition Date: 1943 ( Paris)
Publisher: Durand (Paris)
Instrumentation: 2 pianos
Duration: 50'
Premiere: 10 May 1943, Paris (Yvonne Loriod, piano; Olivier Messiaen, piano)
Dedication: “à Yvonne Loriod”
Movements:
  1. Amen de la création [Amen of Creation]
  2. Amen des étoiles, de la planète à l'anneau [Amen of the Stars, and of the Ringed Planet]
  3. Amen de l'agonie de Jésus [Amen to the Agony of Jesus]
  4. Amen du désir [Amen of Desire]
  5. Amen des anges, des saints, du chant des oiseaux [Amen of the Angels, the Saints, and Songs of the Birds]
  6. Amen du jugement [Amen of Judgment]
  7. Amen de la consommation [Amen of the Consummation]
Notes:
  • Commissioned by Denise Tual (Autumn 1942).
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