O somma luce

In darkness we hear a recording of the scandalous 1954 debut performance of Edgar Varèses revolutionary Déserts at the Théâtre des ChampsÉlysées Then in a different sort of Elysian Field we hear a recitation of Canto XXXIII from The Inferno a final vision of the Divine Light in which Dante apprehends the will and desire of man in perfect harmony with the love of God