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Sound Stories: Five Saints: 4: Francis

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With Donald Macleod.
Just over a year ago, the Italian city of Assisi was rocked by a series of earthquakes which damaged the 13th-century basilica dedicated to its most famous former inhabitant. Eight hundred years earlier, a young man known for riotous living had a vision in which an image of Christ nailed to the cross spoke to him. As a result, Giovanni Francesco Bernardone gave away all his possessions and took up the life of a hermit.
Music includes:
Michael Haydn St Francis Mass (excerpt) - Hungarian Radio and TV Chorus, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, conductor Helmuth Rilling
Liszt St Francis of Assisi (Legendes) - Leslie Howard (piano)
Messiaen St Francis of Assisi (excerpt) - Jose van Dam (baritone), Jean-Philippe Courtis (bass), Paris Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Seiji Ozawa

Contributors

Presenter:
Donald Macleod
Source: Radio Times

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