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Author and music critic Robert Reilly joins the podcast to With outstanding spiritual realism, Dialogues<\/em> In addition to this opera, Reilly introduces us to some other One of the more popular 20th-c. operas – Georges Bernanos Links<\/strong><\/p>\n Robert Reilly, Surprised by Beauty: A Listener\u2019s Guide to the Surprised by Beauty website with music reviews and album Poulenc recordings heard in this episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n Mass No. 2 in G Major<\/em>, RIAS Kammerchor, conducted by Dialogues des Carm\u00e9lites<\/em>, Dervaux, Duval, Crespin<\/p>\n Videos shown:<\/strong><\/p>\n Metropolitan Opera 1987 performance of finale from Dialogues Metropolitan Opera 2019 excerpts:<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ehyz-CH4QHI<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wchkYKj5n8A<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gqtgq-SkpRA<\/a><\/p>\n DONATE at http:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/donate\/audio<\/a><\/p>\n Go to Catholic Culture’s website for tons of written content,
\ndiscuss one of the greatest operas ever composed, Francis Poulenc\u2019s
\n1957 Dialogues des Carm\u00e9lites<\/em>, which host Thomas Mirus
\nrecently saw at the Metropolitan Opera. Based on the true story of
\nsixteen Carmelite nuns who were martyred in the French Revolution
\n(famously singing the Salve Regina as they went to the guillotine),
\nthe opera is an adaptation of Georges Bernanos\u2019s play, which in
\nturn was adapted from Gertrud von le Fort\u2019s novella Song at the
\nScaffold<\/em>.<\/p>\n
\ndramatizes the inner struggle of a soul. Its examination of the
\ncomplex blend of motives for pursuing a religious vocation, the
\nfear of death, and the transference of grace, is all the more
\nmoving when combined with Poulenc\u2019s gorgeous music.<\/p>\n
\ngreat music by this Catholic composer.<\/p>\n
\nscreenplay\/stage play, based on Gertrud von le Fort Song at the
\nScaffold<\/p>\n
\nRecovery of Modern Music
\nhttps:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Surprised-Beauty-Listeners-Recovery-Modern\/dp\/1586179055<\/a><\/p>\n
\nrecommendations https:\/\/surprisedbybeautyorg.wordpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n
\nMarcus Creed<\/p>\n
\ndes Carmelites<\/em> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QbRpYJsqhpE<\/a><\/p>\n
\nincluding news, articles, liturgical year info, and a vast library
\nof documents: https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n