Olivier Messiaen - Saint François d'Assise, Act III (1983) (English Subtitles)

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 7: The Stigmata
00:00 Introduction, a cave in the middle of the night
02:48 Saint Francis prays to endure the Passion as Christ did.
06:07 The Voice of Christ responds: suffer as I did to become the second host.
10:37 Christ tells of his power.
14:42 Saint Francis receives the stigmata.
15:40 Francis prays. Christ responds: is there no hardship one would not bear for eternal life?

Scene 8: Death and New Life
22:14 Saint Francis is dying. He bids farewell to those around him.
29:38 Bernard asks Francis not to leave. Francis asks for them to sing with the nightingale.
32:04 Francis praises the Lord for death. (32:55) Plainchant (37:08) The brothers rise. Chorus
39:26 The Angel appears with the Leper to accompany Saint Francis to paradise.
46:46 Bells sound. Saint Francis asks for God's gifts and dies.
52:28 Brother Leo gives a lamentation.
55:20 Everything darkens. A single light illuminates where Francis was. The chorus sings.

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