Francis Poulenc: Quatre Petites Prieres De St Francois D'assise: TTBB: Vocal

Pour Choeur D'Hommes A Cappella-Scored for a cappella men’s choir (TTBB) Poulenc’s Quatre Petites Prieres de St Francois d’Assise were composed for and dedicated to the monastery choir at Champfleury (and in particular a certain monk there named Frere Jerome who happened to be the composer’s great-nephew).With the use of archaic textures of plainchant and Poulenc’s own harmonic colourings these four pieces create a unique reverence and solemnity.