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Messiaen: St. Francis of Assisi - Act II Scene 6

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A 4-hour French opera in 3 acts & 8 scenes by composer & librettist Olivier Messiaen, written from 1975 to 1983. This is the première performance in 1983, conducted by Seiji Ozawa with the orchestra & chorus of the Théâtre national de l'Opéra de Paris, José van Dam as St. Francis.The opera is set in 13th century Italy. Throughout the work one must see the progress of grace in the soul of Saint Francis.Act II Scene 6 - The Sermon to the BirdsMessiaen's love for birds factored heavily into the opera's score. The composer traveled to the saint's native Assisi, as well as New Caledonia, to research and record birdcalls of several local species, later transcribing them into melodies for use as musical themes attached to particular characters.Messiaen's full orchestration requires a vast number of musicians, to name a few, 7 flutes (3 picc + 3fl + 1 alto fl) 7 clarinets (2 Eb Cl + 3 Cl + 1 B.Cl + 1 Contrabass Cl), 3 Ondes Martenot, etc. and 100-voice choir in 10 parts

Channel: Music
Uploaded: April 14, 2008 at 5:39 am
Author: musicvideoing

Length: 09:24
Rating: 4.70
Views: 3265

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Tanters (August 7, 2008 at 8:55 pm)
Se escucha como el culoun pena
jamesaellis (August 4, 2008 at 2:41 pm)
a better quality version of the orignal production wud be g8
cslevine (July 30, 2008 at 9:16 pm)
i am looking for some VHS recording of Olivier Messiaen on TV a few minutes on FR3 at night, a few days before the 12 december 1983.i had recorded him how spoke of the main themas of Saint François, playing them on a piano.if someone had that, it would be very beautiful to save it to Youtube.
cslevine (July 30, 2008 at 9:12 pm)
Hééé : how still good is your picture from the VHS of the TV retransmission of Monday December 12th 1983 -creation of the opera-. My sound is a bit better (none saturation, and the 4 audio CD are mixed from this creation).My VHS has become very dark and i have saved it in DVD. i think you have some good picture quality numerised in DVD ?
thindownollie (July 28, 2008 at 12:19 pm)
Prom 70 at the royal albert hall.Sunday the 7th of september 2008!full concert performanceoh yeah!
jamesaellis (July 17, 2008 at 11:55 pm)
it was on maclom balls website o mesisaen. the opera was fab. rod gilfry played the lead and he sadly was lsoing his voice in this scne of ther opera and then on. but still amazing!!!
SmokinAryan (July 17, 2008 at 9:22 am)
how did you find out about the performance in Holland?
SmokinAryan (July 17, 2008 at 9:21 am)
How do I find out of performances of this piece? I would go anywhere to see it.
jamesaellis (June 17, 2008 at 1:03 am)
im seeing this next week in amsterdam cant wait.
jamesaellis (June 11, 2008 at 1:53 pm)
the ending when you see them leave is wonderful. it all goes together so well


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