Figure 1.-- We know very little about Les Petits Chanteurs de St Marc. It appears to be one of many French choirs that achieve very high levels of musical artistry, but receive very little notice. This Choir was a mixed children's choir rather than a boys' choir like most French choirs. |
We know very little about Les Petits Chanteurs de St Marc. It appears to be one of many French choirs that achieve very high levels of musical artistry, but receive very little notice. This Choir was a mixed children's choir rather than a boys' choir like most French choirs. The children learn the beautiful chants and other pieces in teice weekly sessions after school at the Saint Marc Church. The relative obscurity of the choir changed in 2004 with the release of the movie, "Les Choristes". The film was a sensation in France, in large part because of the beautiful choral music provided by Les Petits Chanteurs de St Marc. A HBC reader writes, "Les Petits Chanteurs de Ste Marc really did wonderful job. After the film the choir received lots of attention and went on tour in France, Canada and Japan. There is a beautiful DVD form a concert in Paris where they sing the songs from the film and some additional ones. It's just wonderful." I am not sure how this specific choir was chosen. Unfortunately for thed girls in the choir, the film is about a boys' reformatory. Thus they could not appear in the film. That must have been a real disappointment. I think the recorded music, however, was performed by the whole choir, although I am not positive about that.
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