At the threshold of the crèche, the animals crowd around. They too are entitled to ecstasy! But are they really so different from us? The author depicts them in a strangely familiar way, in poems that are both erudite and mischievous, to which I have added a word of Greek or Latin, just to show that the Divine Liturgy is open to the humblest creatures…
Recordings, audio excerpts: CD ‘Lucis memoria’, November 2011, Label Inconnu LI 11-1001, distribution codæx. Mikrokosmos soloists conducted by Loïc Pierre.
Difficulty rating: medium
Claude-Henri Rocquet
French, greek, latin
Mixed-voice choir, with soloists and occasional divisions
15 mins approx.
Cycle in 7 parts : « Le hibou », « L’araignée », « La puce », « Le chien », « Le rossignol », « Les moutons », « L’escargot »