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
Canto : music for chamber choir and orchestra / Andries van Rossem; poem by Federico García Lorca
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring:
SATB 2222 2110 perc pf str
Symphonia sacra : febr. 1922-1923, omgewerkt in 1932 / Ernest W. Mulder
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring:
2sopr alt ten bar bas GK6 3222 2200 timp pf str
Klaagzangen van Jeremias : voor koor en orkest / Marius Monnikendam
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring:
alt recit(bar) GK4 3222 4331 timp perc vibr xyl hp pf 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