Scored for a cappella mens choir (TTBB), Poulencs Quatre Petites Prieres de St Francois dAssise were composed for and dedicated to the monastery choir at Champfleury (and in particular, a certain monk there named FrereJerome, who happened to be the composers great-nephew).
With the use of archaic textures of plainchant and Poulencs own harmonic colourings, these four pieces create a unique reverence and solemnity.
Quatre Petites Prieres De St Francois D'assise