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Movements II and VII: The "Abyss" movements

The second movement, "Vocalise, for the Angel who Announces the End of Time," and the seventh, "Cluster of Rainbows for the Angel Who Announces the End of Time," are the theological climaxes of the work. Both feature Messiaen's most extreme applications of his harmonic language — Mode 2 and Mode 3 s

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