Offrande au Saint-Sacrement
Offrande au Saint-Sacrement () is a composition for organ by French composer Olivier Messiaen. It was posthumously published in 2001. Background. The "Offrande" was one of the works discovered by Yvonne Messiaen after the composer's death, together with his "Prélude". Since the piece was not meant to be published and was discarded, there are very few details available about its origin. Organist Olivier Latry has suggested that the work may be contemporary with "Le banquet céleste" (1928), since the second theme from the "Offrande" shows some common elements. A part of this composition was rearranged  for the orchestral piece "Le banquet eucharistique", which was presumably written in 1928 and is now considered to be lost. The piece was published by Éditions Alphonse Leduc in 2001. Structure. This short piece for solo pipe organ has a total duration of 5 minutes and 34 bars. It is in the key of A major and is marked "Lent" (Slow) in the score. The piece is structured into two sections, the second one being a more developed repetition of the first one. In each section, there is an introductory subsection that is followed by a second one, which displays  features of Baroque chorale preludes. Recordings. Since this piece was not initially intended for publication, it has been performed rarely and remains one of the lesser known works by Messiaen. Here is a list of notable recordings of the piece: