Olivier Messiaen

Saint Francois D'Assise is an opera in 3 acts by Olivier Messiaen. This volume is part of the edition that includes the books with the full Orchestra scores as well as the explanations analysis and comments on each tableau. It is focused on the “Act II Tableau 4. L’Ange voyageur” which describes the appearance of the “Traveller Angel” to Saint Francis. This tableau is introduced by each of the themes of Brothers Leon Élie and Bernard and the theme of Philemon the bird. It opens as the Brothers are confronted to the Angel but don’t recognise him straight away except for BrotherBernard who reacts wisely. The Angel then requests to talk to Father Francis and the tableau finishes introducing the following part: “Act II Tableau 5. L’ange musicien”. Within this tableau 4 birdsong can be heard that is reminiscent of Messiaen's 'Bird Catalogue' collection. Based on the life of Saint Francis of Assisi this opera is set in Italy and is composed as per below: Act I: 1. La croix 2. Les laudes 3. Le baiser au lépreux Act II 4. L’ange voyageur 5. L’ange musicien 6. Le prêche aux oiseaux Act II 7. Les stigmates 8. La mort et la nouvelle vie This opera was played at the Paris Opera in 1983. Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was a French organist and composer passionate about Ornithology and one of the most important composers of his century. Inspired by Japanese music he had a very special way of composing and his work can be identified by its complexity its diatonic aspect its harmony with limited transposition its colour and its additive rhythms. He composed many works related to ornithology and birdsong including the 'Bird Catalogue' in 7 volumes and the 'Treatise on rhythm colour and ornithology' in 7 volumes.

Olivier Messiaen's Monodie For Organ. Olivier Eugène Charles Prosper Messiaen was a French composer Organist and ornithologist one of the major composers of the 20th century.

Par MESSIAEN OLIVIER. Drawing its material from the tui bird from New Zealand, Un oiseau des arbres de Vie (Oiseau Tui) was originally envisaged as the third movement of Éclairs sur l'Au-Delà..., Messiaen's last completed work. Despite having written all of the music in short score, the composer reluctantly decided to omit this remarkable movement from Éclairs at a relatively late stage. This realisation of Un oiseau des arbres de Vie (Oiseau Tui) is based on Messiaen's annotations in the short score, supplemented by precedents from the music of Éclairs and the composer's other final works. / Date parution : 2023-06-01/ Répertoire / Orchestre

L'oeuvre musicale qui a pour support une Partition a pour titre Ascension. C'est une partition musicale composée par Messiaen et qui est destinée aux joueurs de Conducteur et Poche. Le détail de l'instrumentation Partition D'Orchestre vous permettra de savoir si cette partition correspond bien à ce que vous cherchez. Son style Classique vous permettra de découvrir ô combien la musique Classique est belle et enrichissante. / Partition D'Orchestre / Partition