The Canticle of the Sun (Choral Score)
by Ronald Perera
4-Part - Sheet Music

SATB choir, narrator, keyboard (organ or piano) or synthesized accompaniment CD and handbell

SKU: EC.4280

Composed by Ronald Perera. 21st Century. Choral score. E.C. Schirmer Publishing #4280. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing (EC.4280).

ISBN 600313442803. UPC: 600313442803. Text: St Francis of Assisi.

A dramatic cantata in which the narrator sets forth, in English, events from the life of St. Francis, and the chorus sings, in Italian, the sections of his famous poem. Commissioned for the 100th anniversary of Groton School. St. Francis of Assisi's poetry praises the creation of the sun, moon, earth, wind, water, fire. Very appealing synthesized accompaniment, excellent historical/performance notes. (Italian text in Umbrian dialect.)

Movements:

• 1. Processional
• 2. Reading No. 1
• 3. Chorus, "Altissimu omnipotente bon signore"
• 4. Reading No. 2
• 5. Chorus, "Laudatu sie, mi signore"
• 6. Reading No. 3
• 7. Chorus, "Laudato si', mi signore, per quelli che perdonano"
• 8. Reading No. 4
• 9. Chorus, "Laudato si', mi signore, per sora nostra morte corporale"
• 10. Reading No. 5
• 11. Hymn, "Laudate et benedicite mi signore"
• 12. Recessional