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- 4.00pm PROM 70: MESSIAEN'S SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI
2.15pm - 3.00pm: Proms Intro Musicologists Professor Nigel Simeone and Peter Hill from Sheffield University speak to Tom Service about Messiaen's Saint Francis of Assisi.
Broadcast on Radio 3: Sunday 7 September, 5.15pm
Prom 70: Messiaen's Saint Francis of Assisi
- Date Sunday 7 September 2008
- Time 4.00pm - c10.00pm
- Venue Royal Albert Hall
- Tickets £7-£44 price band B or Prom for £5
- Broadcast Live on BBC Radio 3. Available as audio on demand for the following week.
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Commissioned to write an opera by Rolf Liebermann for the Paris Opéra, Messiaen turned to the legend of St Francis of Assisi.
It's a huge work with an entirely male cast, except for a single soprano in the role of the Angel. A keen ornithologist, Messiaen travelled to Assisi to listen to, and transcribe, the various calls and songs of the birds of the region - and he wove them into his score.
In his last season as Chief Conductor of The Netherlands Opera, Ingo Metzmacher, a notable champion of 20th-century music, conducts a strong international cast drawn from director Pierre Audi's new Messiaen centenary production.
- Messiaen Saint Francis of Assisi (concert performance; sung in French) (240 mins)
There will be two intervals
The Netherlands Opera
Rod Gilfry St Francis
Heidi Grant Murphy Angel
Hubert Delamboye Leper
Henk Neven Brother Leo
Charles Workman Brother Masseo
Donald Kaasch Brother Elias
Armand Arapian Brother Bernard
Jan Willem Balijet Brother Sylvester
André Morsch Brother Rufus
Chorus of The Netherlands Opera
Martin Wright chorus master
The Hague Philharmonic
Ingo Metzmacher conductor
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