In honor of the election of Pope Francis, and suggested by Sally Thomas’s comment on this post of Janet’s, I will take a break from my Lenten musical fast, and offer you this, from that great penitent Franz Liszt.
Has anyone heard definitive word on which Francis(es) Pope Francis has in mind?
Very nice, Mac. Makes me want to go listen to some Messiaen.
They’re saying it’s St. Francis of Assisi, or, as my son calls him, Francis Bernardone.
Glad you enjoyed it. I don’t know much Messiaen, but Craig (All Manner of Thing) did some really substantial posts on him some time ago that I’ve wanted to go back to, in order to advance my Messiaen-knowledge beyond Quartet for the End of Time, which I really like.
Nothing against Francis Xavier, but I’m glad it’s Bernardone.
And by the way, nice to hear from you.
I’m in St. Francis Hospital, by the way. No birds yet.
AMDG
Cool. The only thing more appropriate would have been if your surgery had been yesterday.
No! I would habe missed all the fun.
I’m not fixing any more typos. Combinatio of kindle and dilated eye is too much for me.
AMDG
Never heard this before; it’s lovely.
It says on YouTube that the pianist, Wilhelm Kempff, made this recording when he was 80. Wow.
Yes, I find that inspiring and encouraging. The piece sounds even better at full volume on a good sound system.
But no doubt my comment will be caught in the spam filter …
well at least I was led by Paul to this, which I missed during Lent. it is indeed like Messiaen. I love M’s ‘simpler’ pieces like the Quartwet for the End of Time, but some of his work is out of my musical depth. Messiaen wrote an opera about St. Francis which is too sophisticated for me.
That’s true for me, too, to the extent that I’ve even heard others.
Paul, I take it you left another comment before that one? There actually wasn’t one from you in the spam catcher, so I don’t know what happened there.
I thought it was a joke about the way real things are fallng into the spam catcher and there is spam everywhere
Right, but I also thought he was referring to another comment than the “But no doubt…” one.
No, not this time!
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