Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus

by Olivier Messiaen

Composed 1944
Published 1944
Works 20

Twenty contemplations on the Infant Jesus, composed March–September 1944. One of the great monuments of the solo piano repertoire, lasting approximately two hours. A profound meditation on the Nativity drawing on Hindu rhythms, birdsong, modes of limited transposition, and synaesthetic colour. Dedicated to and premiered by Yvonne Loriod in 1945.

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