related works
Épitaphes et bagatelles : pour hautbois, clarinette et basson / Alphonse Stallaert
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Woodwind ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
ob cl fg
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring:
sopr ten bas GK8 pic 2fl 2ob eh 2cl 2fg cfg 6h 3trp 3trb tb timp 4perc str
Hoplopoia : voor kamerkoor en orkest, (1973) / Wim de Ruiter
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring:
4sopr 4alt 4ten 4bas 2221 2210 2perc str(12.10.8.6.4.)
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring:
GK trb str
composition
Il cantico del sole di Francesco d'Assisi : choeur mixte, soprano, alto, ensemble instrumental / Alphonse Stallaert
Other authors:
Franciscus van Assisi
(Text writer/Librettist)
Stallaert, Alphonse
(Composer)
Contains:
Altissimu
Benedicite
Lu frate sole
Sora luna
Frate ventu
Sor acqua
Frate focu
Matre terra
Per lo tuo amore
Sora morte
Description:
Program note (English): (Premiere: 19-6-1981 - Eglise St. Charles de Borromé, Joinville-le-Pont - Yvonne Bonnet, Régine Rossy, Choeur Fanac, Ensemble Instrumental du Conservatoire de St. Maur, dir. Alphonse Stallaert). Franciscus (1181-1226) dictated, several hours before his death, a text. This text, 'Il cantico del sole', or, 'Cantico di frate sole', or even 'Il cantico de tutte le creature' is one of the first important texts in Italy, written in the dialect of Umbria. The composer followed the whole poem. Only an instrumental Preludio all' inferno (Prelude to hell) was inserted before the words (No. IX) 'Ka, la morte secunda non il poterà far male' (Because the second death (the hell) shall do no worse to them.' - ALPHONSE STALLAERT