Mittwoch aus Licht and Music Theatre. Wednesday is the day of cooperation and reconciliation among Michael, Eve, and Lucifer, and its exoteric colour is bright yellow . The following list of 24 "scenic features" of the whole opera is found in the preface to the score of its final scene : "Mittwoch" is in four scenes, which are preceded by a greeting and followed by a farewell. The "Wednesday Greeting" consists of the electronic music from the fourth scene, "Michaelion", and is played in the foyer amidst flues, winds, blowers, kites, balloons, and flying doves . The World Parliament convenes in a session
Responsories for Holy Week text are by Tomás Luis de Victoria (two settings for four voices: 1572 and 1585), Carlo Gesualdo (five voices: 1603; six voices: 1611), and Pablo Casals (mixed choir: 1932). Based on . A german version of the text of this responsory is set as "Der Gerechte kömmt um". Poulenc set it as the seventh of his "Sept répons des ténèbres". The three lessons for the third nocturn of Holy Saturday are , and respectively. Sixth of Poulenc's "Sept répons des ténèbres" Responsories for Holy Week Responsories for Holy Week (Latin: Responsoria pro hebdomada sancta) are three sets of nine responsories,