O. Messiaen: O sacrum convivium! Henrik Berg, organ

O sacrum convivium! (motet au Saint-Sacrement, 'O holy banquet', motet for the holy sacrament) by Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), played on the 1946 Åkerman & Lund organ in Gagnef Church, Sweden. The organ has some pipe material, as well as the facade, from the previous 1886 organ built by the same company. Here I'm using: SW: Salicional 8', Voix céleste 8', CH: Flûte harmonique 8, Gedackt 8', CH+SW, GR: Flöjt 8', GR+SW, GR+CH, PED: Gedacktbas 16', P+SW, R.H. on CH, L.H. on SW; b. 18: both hands on SW; b. 20: R.H. back to CH; b. 22: R.H. on GR, L.H. on CH, +SW Rörflöjt 8', PED Subbas 16', Borduna 8'; b. 28: -SW Rörflöjt 8', PED Borduna 8', L.H. to SW; b. 33: -PED Subbas 16', R.H. to CH; b. 35: R.H. to SW.

The piece is a motet for the Holy Communion, originally written for 4-part choir or 4 soloists (with organ accompaniment ad libitum), I think it lends itself pretty well to played as an organ piece, however.

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Recorded on the 27th of March 2021.