Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum

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Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum (And I look forward to the resurrection of the dead). Orch. work by Messiaen for woodwind, brass, metal perc. Comp. 1964. Commissioned by French Govt. and ded. to memory of dead of two World Wars. F.p. Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, 1965, cond. Baudo, later in Chartres Cath. in presence of Gen. de Gaulle.

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