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St Cecilia Feast Day Playlist Classical Music

A tip of the halo to St. Cecilia on her feast day! As you get started on your Thanksgiving preparations, enjoy this evergreen playlist of Cecilia inspirations. All hail, music’s patron saint!

William Boyce, “Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day” (overture also published as Boyce’s Symphony No. 5)

Benjamin Britten, “Hymn to St. Cecilia” (Britten was born on this date)

Ernest Chausson, “La légende de Sainte Cécile”

Norman Dello Joio, “To Saint Cecilia”

Gerald Finzi, “For St. Cecilia”

Charles Gounod, “St. Cecilia Mass”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK5iVM2mT6c…

George Frideric Handel, “Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day”

Franz Joseph Haydn, “Missa Sanctae Caecilia”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhA7LEd56ts

Herbert Howells, “A Hymn for St. Cecilia” (text by Ursula Vaughan Williams)

Franz Liszt, “Hymn to St. Cecilia”

Arvo Pärt, “Cecilia, vergine romana”

Henry Purcell, “Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day (Hail! Bright Cecilia)”

Joaquin Rodrigo, “El Album de Cecilia” (written for the composer’s daughter; Rodrigo was born on this date)

Alessandro Scarlatti, “St. Cecilia Mass”

PAINTING: “Saint Cecilia” by Matteo Rosselli (1578–1650)

November 22, 2024
Saint Francis Feast Day Celebrate Animals

As an animal lover, I’ve always had a soft spot for St. Francis of Assisi. (Also, I was fortunate enough to visit his hometown before the devastating earthquakes of 1997.)

Today is Saint Francis’ feast day. This is a saint who was never too busy to chat with the birds or to befriend a wolf. He introduced the crèche to Christmas, complete with livestock. He even lobbied for a special law so that people would provide for the birds and the beasts. How could you not love this guy?

Regardless of one’s creed, no one, I should think, would take umbrage at the idea of love and respect for the natural world. Take a moment today to be kind to the animals. Hug your pet. Water the birds. Let a cricket out of the house. Bless all animals! Then enjoy some of the music below.

Franz Liszt’s “Saint Francis of Assisi Preaching to the Birds” (piano)

Liszt’s “Saint Francis of Assisi Preaching to the Birds” (orchestra)

Francis Poulenc’s “Quatre petites prières de saint François d’Assise”

Paul Hindemith’s “Nobilissima Visione” (suite, conducted by the composer)

Hindemith’s “Nobilissima Visione” (rarely-heard complete version)

Leo Sowerby’s “Canticle of the Sun” (1946 Pulitzer Prize winner)

Kenneth Fuchs’ “Canticle to the Sun” for French horn and orchestra

October 4, 2023
Saint Cecilia Crossword Music Feast

Hail! Bright Cecilia, hail!

November 22 is the feast day of Saint Cecilia. This week’s Classic Ross Amico crossword celebrates music’s patron saint with fifty clues, in homage and thanksgiving.

To fill out the puzzle, follow the link and select “solve online” at the bottom of the page. You’ll then be able to type directly into the squares. Once you feel you’ve exhausted the puzzle, you’ll find the solutions by clicking on “Answer Key PDF.”

There’s plenty to be thankful for, musically speaking, when you follow the link.

https://www.armoredpenguin.com/crossword/Data/2020.11/2210/22104525.388.html

November 22, 2020
Saint Francis Feast Day Music for Animal Lovers

How can you not love this guy?

Today is the Feast Day of Saint Francis of Assisi. This is a saint who was never too busy to chat with the birds or to befriend a wolf. He introduced the crèche to Christmas, complete with livestock. He even lobbied for a special law so that people would provide for the birds and the beasts.

Regardless of one’s creed, no one, I should think, would take umbrage at the idea of love and respect for the natural world. Take a moment today to be kind to the animals. Hug your pet. Water the birds. Let a cricket out of the house. Then join me at 4:00 on The Classical Network for music inspired by Saint Francis and friends.

We’ll hear Franz Liszt’s “Saint Francis of Assisi’s Sermon to the Birds,” Kenneth Fuchs’ horn concerto “Canticle to the Sun,” and Paul Hindemith’s Saint Francis ballet “Nobilissima Visione.”

Cats will waltz. Grasshoppers will dance. Dogs will eat pancakes. And sheep may safely graze.

At 6:00, you’ll have a chance to expand your affection to the cryptozoological realm, with music from movies about dragons, on “Picture Perfect.”

What’s not to love? The music will have legs – four of them! – from 4 to 7 p.m. EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

October 4, 2019
Happy Feast Day Saint Francis of Assisi

Today is the Feast Day of Saint Francis of Assisi.

If saints are your thing, you‘d be hard pressed to find one more beloved than St. Francis – unless you’ve misplaced your car keys, in which case St. Anthony is your man. I count myself fortunate in that I was able to visit Francis’ hometown before the devastating earthquakes of 1997.

Be sure to take a moment today to kiss your pet. Bless all animals! Then enjoy some of the music below.

Franz Liszt’s “Saint Francis of Assisi Preaching to the Birds” (piano)

Liszt’s “Saint Francis of Assisi Preaching to the Birds” (orchestra)

Francis Poulenc’s “Quatre petites prières de saint François d’Assise”

Paul Hindemith’s “Nobilissima Visione” (suite, conducted by the composer)

Hindemith’s “Nobilissima Visione” (rarely-heard complete version)

October 4, 2018

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