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

[mrmoosefilosa]

completely Brilliant! Hard to believe that people can come to terms with having their civil rights curtailed in the guise of patriotism,but cannot come to terms with 20th century music in the 21st century.Sad,really.

[FraGilesMary]

Absolutely Stupid!

[juanmaMCMLXXXII]

Que chistoso y original el que dice: "suena casi tan bien como mi orquesta calentando antes de un concierto" ¬¬

[sirmercutio99]

It reminds me a lot when my backyard is full of Starlings. They sound very loud and varied.

[violinbird]

Hey, this sounds almost as good as when my orchestra warms up before a performance. :)

[JusticeConstantine]

Thank you for posting Messiaen's Opera. -Justice Constantine

[borjon23]

Thank you for posting; it's wonderful!

[borjon23]

I find this is much more crashingly dissonant than on the Hallé Orchestra recording.  I think I might prefer this.

[bpdvorak1]

Pretty annoying music

[ybravura]

What, exactly, is happening in the story during this scene? What does this represent? I can only make out a few lines. ("Yes, my brother.")

[sirmercutio99]

@ybravura St. Francis's Sermon to the Birds: My little sisters, the birds, much bounden are ye unto God, your Creator, and always in every place ought ye to praise Him, for that He hath given you liberty to fly about everywhere

[sirmercutio99]

@sirmercutio99 and hath also given you double and triple rainment; moreover He preserved your seed in the ark of Noah, that your race might not perish out of the world; still more are ye beholden to Him for the element of the air which He hath appointed for you; beyond all this, ye sow not, neither do you reap; and God feedeth you, and giveth you the streams and fountains for your drink;

[sirmercutio99]

@sirmercutio99 the mountains and valleys for your refuge and the high trees whereon to make your nests; and because ye know not how to spin or sow, God clotheth you, you and your children; wherefore your Creator loveth you much, seeing that He hath bestowed on you so many benefits; and therefore, my little sisters, beware of the sin of ingratitude, and study always to give praises unto God."

Saint Francis of Assisi - c 1220

[FraGilesMary]

Sad

[PaoloLeva]

Is there any place where you can get a video recording of this opera?

[jamesaellis]

a better quality version of the orignal production wud be g8

[cslevine]

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]

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 ?

[jamesaellis]

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]

How do I find out of performances of this piece? I would go anywhere to see it.

[thindownollie]

Prom 70 at the royal albert hall.

Sunday the 7th of september 2008!

full concert performance

oh yeah!

[jamesaellis]

im seeing this next week in amsterdam cant wait.

[SmokinAryan]

how did you find out about the performance in Holland?

[jamesaellis]

the ending when you see them leave is wonderful. it all goes together so well

[jamesaellis]

its not his last work. last great work pehaps.

[orchestradirector]

Great Performance/Documentary of this historic performance of Messiaen's last work