Saint Francois d'Assise is an oratorio from 1891 by Charles Gounod. [1] The oratorio was considered lost until a manuscript was discovered in a convent in Auvers-sur-Oise. [2]
Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, known as Francis of Assisi, was an Italian mystic, poet, and Catholic friar who founded the religious order of the Franciscans. Inspired to lead a Christian life of poverty, he became a beggar and itinerant preacher.
Charles-François Gounod, usually known as Charles Gounod, was a French composer. He wrote twelve operas, of which the most popular has always been Faust (1859); his Roméo et Juliette (1867) also remains in the international repertory. He composed a large amount of church music, many songs, and popular short pieces including his "Ave Maria" and "Funeral March of a Marionette".
Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are Manon (1884) and Werther (1892). He also composed oratorios, ballets, orchestral works, incidental music, piano pieces, songs and other music.
Laurence is an English masculine and a French feminine given name. The English masculine name is a variant of Lawrence and it originates from a French form of the Latin Laurentius, a name meaning "man from Laurentum".
Saint François d'Assise : Scènes Franciscaines, or simply Saint François d'Assise, is an opera in three acts and eight scenes by French composer Olivier Messiaen, who was also its librettist; written from 1975 to 1979, with orchestration and copying from 1979 to 1983. It concerns Saint Francis of Assisi, the titular character, and displays Messiaen's devout Catholicism.
Jean-François Le Sueur was a French composer, best known for his oratorios and operas.
Georges Samuel Tzipine was a French violinist, conductor and composer. He was of Russian-Jewish origin.
Maximilien-Paul-Marie-Félix d'Ollone was a 20th-century French composer.
Saint-François-d'Assise is a municipality in Quebec, Canada.
Laurence Equilbey is a French conductor, known for her work in the choral repertoire, and more recently as the founder and music director of the Insula Orchestra. She also founded the chamber choir Accentus in 1991, and has conducted commercial recordings for such labels as Naïve Records. Equilbey invented the "e-tuner", an electronic means of tuning quarter tones and 1/3 tones.
Accentus is a French chamber choir founded by Laurence Equilbey in 1991. The ensemble has been in residence at the Opéra de Rouen since 1998. When in Rouen, the choir usually holds concerts at the Théâtre des Arts or the recently reopened Chapelle Corneille.
St. Cecilia Mass is the common name of a solemn mass in G major by Charles Gounod, composed in 1855 and scored for three soloists, mixed choir, orchestra and organ. The official name is Messe solennelle en l’honneur de Sainte-Cécile, in homage of St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music. The work was assigned CG 56 in the catalogue of the composer's works.
Quatre petites prières de saint François d'Assise, FP 142 is a sacred choral work by Francis Poulenc for a cappella men's chorus, composed in 1948. Written on a request by Poulenc's relative who was a Franciscan friar, the work was premiered by the monks of Champfleury.
Stéphane Degout is a contemporary French baritone. He grew up in Saint-Jean-de-Niost (Ain) and has been living in Lyon since 1995.
André Heyboer is a French contemporary baritone.
La Rédemption is an oratorio in three parts by Charles Gounod arranged for the first time in 1882.
Les Sept Paroles de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ sur la Croix is an 1855 oratorio by Charles Gounod.
Bertrand Bontoux is a French operatic bass.