KSS91 Benedizione di San Francesco d’Assisi

Piece details

  • Written for: Voice and Organ
  • Instruments: Baritone and organ
  • Date composed: 1973
  • Dedicatee: Alistair Hinton
  • Approximate duration (minutes): 2
  • Manuscript pages: 2
  • Manuscript location: One in the Sorabji Archive, another in a private collection
  • Comments: A piece for baritone and organ based on a benediction of St. Francis of Assisi. Note that the first performance was in an arrangement for baritone and piano.

Editions available from the Sorabji Archive

  • Critical edition (Marc-André Roberge), A4P. 6 pages.
    Price: £15 (paper), £10 (pdf)
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  • Manuscript, A3L. 2 pages.
    Price: £15 (paper), £10 (pdf)
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Performances

  • 05/06/1999 Brent Stater (baritone), Donna Amato (piano)
    St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Sewickley PA, USA
    Sewickley BACHfest
  • 27/04/2004 Richard Barrett (baritone), Randall Harlow (organ)
    Indiana University School of Music, Bloomington, IN, USA
  • 06/03/2022 Adam Ewing (baritone), Isabella Ashton (organ)
    St. Philip Lutheran Church, Littleton, CO, USA
  • 22/10/2023 Drew Martin (baritone), Nick Klemetson (organ)
    All Saints’ Episcopal Church , Lakeland, FL, USA