Jean-Francois Charles

If you live neat Iowa City, consider attending the International Screendance Festival at FilmScene on September 28 at 6pm. Our Agnus Dei music video, a musical setting of François Villon's Ballade des pendus, has been chosen in the Official Selection! Tickets are available at FilmScene . P.S.: the video is also online: Agnus Dei, musical setting of François Villon's Ballade des Pendus .

In his talk A Missa brevis for Jumping Timelines , Dr. Matthew Arndt proposes to listen to the Missa brevis Abbaye de Thélème (sung by Anika Kildegaard) synchronized with the drama Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade . Here is a playlist with the first part of the movie synchronized to the nine movements of the mass: Indiana Jones and the Abbey of Thelema on youtube .

On Feb 21, 2024, Associate Professor of Music Theory Matthew Arndt gave a presentation on my Missa brevis Abbaye de Thélème . This presentation opened the roundtable event organized with poet and author Christopher Merrill, and Professor Kristy Nabhan-Warren. Dr. Arndt sets his analysis of the mass in resonance with the writings of Philip K. Dick (Graphics by Dr. Arndt). He also proposes an analogy with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon , and a synchronization with Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade . I hope you enjoy!

I'm glad to invite you to this upcoming event: A Missa Brevis for Jumping Timelines: On Music, French Poetry, Dance, and Faith Wednesday February 21, 4-5:30 pm Voxman Music Building, Opera Studio An event organized with the support of OVPR, CLAS, and the School of Music. Refreshments will be served. Roundtable discussion inspired by Anika Kildegaard and Jean-François Charles's Missa brevis Abbaye de Thélème and music video Agnus Dei , featuring Matthew Arndt (School of Music) Christopher Merrill (International Writing Program) Jean-François Charles (School of Music) Q&A moderated by Kristy Nabhan-Warren (Departments of Religious Studies and Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies, Office of the Vice-President for Research)

This missa brevis is part of the tradition of musical masses, from Guillaume de Machaut to Gabriel Fauré and Pierre Henry to cite French composers. I was also inspired by Mozart 's short masses - I conducted one of them when I was a student. Six French poets are contributing major texts to the ceremony. The works gives voice to many musical styles: you might hear the influence of Pink Floyd , Karlheinz Stockhausen , Albert Ayler , Dr. Dre , Eminem , Mylène Farmer , La Gale , Keny Arkana , or Lady Gaga . Introitus Instrumental Kyrie feat. Jhe Russell François Rabelais , Inscription mise sur la grande porte de Thélème Gloria Marceline Desbordes-Valmore , Veillée Credo Paul Verlaine , Le ciel est par-dessus le toit , Asperges me Offertorium Instrumental Sanctus feat. Jhe Russell Arthur Rimbaud , Le Mal Benedictus Charles Baudelaire , L'Examen de minuit Agnus Dei François Villon , Ballade des pendus Ite, missa est Inst...

  All teasers at https://youtube.com/@newfloremusic

When in 1463 François Villon wrote the Ballade des pendus from his prison cell, he launched a poignant appeal to his fellow human beings. Speaking on behalf of those found guilty by the courts – imprisoned or put to death, he implores his neighbors to have heart and not to condemn them a second time through their contempt and ignorance. With this song, Anika Kildegaard and I relay this call, which is still highly relevant more than five centuries later. The video also evokes a work dear to Villon: the Danse macabre from the Holy Innocents’ Cemetery in Paris , which reminds us that we are all equal in the face of death, regardless of our education, pecuniary wealth, or skin color. The song belongs to Jean-François Charles's Missa brevis Abbaye de Thélème . Missa brevis Abbaye de Thélème by Anika Kildegaard & Jean-François Charles