Olivier Messiaen Saint François dAssise Act I 1983 English Subtitles

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Composer: Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (December 10, 1908 – April 27, 1992) • Orchestra: Hallé Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano • Saint Francis: José van Dam • The Angel: Dawn Upshaw • The Leper: Christ Merritt • Brother Leo: Urban Malmberg • Brother Messeo: John Aler • Brother Elias: Guy Renard • Brother Bernard: Tom Krause • Brother Sylvester: Akos Banlaky • Brother Rufus: Dirk D'Ase • Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chor directed by Erwin Ortner • Scene I: The Cross • Saint Francis and Brother Leo are walking together. • 0:00:00 Saint Francis describes great powers and knowledge, but this is not the perfect joy. • 0:11:26 Saint Francis tells of suffering through a storm and mistreatment by a monk. • 0:12:50 Saint Francis explains perfect joy as suffering as Christ did. • 0:17:16 They leave. • 0:18:58 The light concentrates on the Cross, and the choir sings the sacred text. • Scene II: Lauds • 0:20:08 Introduction, morning bells • 0:21:37 Saint Francis praises the Lord for nature and the elements. (22:45 plainchant) • 0:28:44 The Choir sings the Lauds. They and the brothers leave. • 0:31:33 Saint Francis prays: despite the beauty God has created, He has also created ugliness. • 0:34:02 Saint Francis prays that he may meet a leper and learn to love him. • Scene III: The Kissing of the Leper • 0:37:26 Introduction • 0:38:44 The leper complains about his disease. • 0:40:16 Saint Francis enters. He recoils twice before sitting next to the leper. • 0:44:13 Saint Francis asks the leper to do penance. The leper angrily asks to be cured first. • 0:48:22 The angel appears. His singing soothes the leper. • 0:54:27 The leper asks for forgiveness for his anger. • 0:57:45 Saint Francis hugs the leper. (58:38) The leper is cured and he dances with joy. • 1:01:36 The leper finishes dancing. He laments that he was not worthy to be cured. Saint Francis says he was not worthy either. They pray. • 1:05:27 Choir: all is forgiven! • Act II: • Olivier Messiaen - Saint François d'A... • Act III: • Olivier Messiaen - Saint François d'A... • All together: • Olivier Messiaen - Saint François d'A... • Si j'ai fait des erreurs de traduction, dites-le-moi. • Score available from Alphonse-Leduc • How I make my videos: https://github.com/CMajSeven/Workflow... • Program I develop for this channel: https://github.com/edwardx999/ScorePr...

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