Marco Frisina (born 16 December 1954, in Rome) is an Italian Roman Catholic priest and composer. He is director of the Pastoral Worship Center at the Vatican.[1][2][3]
In 1984 he founded the choir of the Diocese of Rome that he directed continuously for over four decades. Formed by 250 elements,[6] the choir got involded in various international events and Holy Masses celebrated by the Pope.
Since 1985 he has been the director of the Lateran Pontifical Pious Chapel[7] in the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, a choir which is composed by 32 chantors and 2 organists.[8]
In 1991 Frisina started a collaboration with TV series titled Le storie della Bibbia produced by Lux Vide, in quality of Biblical consultant and musical composer.[9] For what concerns the musical acitivbity, he involved the Italian composer Ennio Morricone.[10]
In 2007 he composed the La Divina Commedia Opera Musical (second title L'uomo che cerca l'Amore), the first musical trasponsition of the omonymous work of Dante Alighieri. It was a two acts drama with libretto of Gianmario Pagano and produced by the Musical International Company.[12]
In 2011 he composed the official hymn for the beatification of John Paul II and was the liturgical focal point of the related celebrations.[13][14]
In September 2014 he organized in Rome the first national congress of the Italian religious choirs,[15] which in October 2016 was followed by the Jubilee of Choirs.[16][17]
Since 2015, he has been artistic director of the Concert with the Poor and for the Poor held in Paul VI Hall.
He was in charge of the music and direction of the show "Dante in Musica", directed by Andrea Ortis, winner in 2020 of the Persephone Award as best Italian musical of the year.
Works, editions and recordingsedit
Frisina: Passio Caeciliae. Barbara Vignudelli (soprano), David Sebasti (narrator). Nova Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, Coro Musicanova, Flavio Emilio Scogna. Brilliant Classics
Don Bosco, directed by Lodovico Gasparini - TV miniseries (2004)
Rita da Cascia, directed by Giorgio Capitani - TV miniseries (2004)
Edda, directed by Giorgio Capitani - TV miniseries (2005)
San Pietro, directed by Giulio Base - TV miniseries (2005)
Callas e Onassis, directed by Giorgio Capitani - TV miniseries (2005)
Giovanni Paolo II, directed by John K. Harrison - TV miniseries (2005)
Giovanni Paolo II – Amico di tutta l'umanità - animated film (2006)
Papa Luciani. Il sorriso di Dio, directed by Giorgio Capitani - TV miniseries (2006)
Pompei, directed by Giulio Base - TV miniseries (2007)
Chiara e Francesco, directed by Fabrizio Costa - TV miniseries (2007)
Paolo VI, directed by Fabrizio Costa - TV miniseries (2008)
Puccini, directed by Giorgio Capitani - TV miniseries (2009)
Preferisco il Paradiso, directed by Giacomo Campiotti - TV miniseries (2010)
Recordingsedit
1984 Maria (sacred oratorio for solo, double choir, and orchestra)
1986 Benedici il Signore
1987 Non temere
1988 Signore è il Suo nome
1989 Tu sarai profeta
1989 Revelación del alma (sacred oratorio for three soloists and orchestra)
1989 Il cantico della misericordia (sacred oratorio for narrator, baritone, mezzo-soprano, choir, and orchestra)
1991 Chi ci separerà dall'amore di Cristo?
1991 Giovanni, il profeta (sacred oratorio for solo, narrator, double choir, and orchestra)
1992 San Francesco. Il tesoro e la sposa (sacred oratorio)
1993 San Massimiliano Kolbe. Chiamati a dare la vita (sacred oratorio)
1995 Tu sei bellezza
1995 Elia. La parola del fuoco (sacred oratorio)
1995 San Filippo Neri. Paradiso, paradiso... (sacred oratorio)
1996 Santa Caterina. Le nozze mistiche (sacred oratorio)
1997 Cristo nostra salvezza
1997 Rublev. Signore di ogni bellezza (sacred oratorio)
1998 Laudate Dominum
1998 Non di solo pane
1998 Natale a Roma (with P. Moloney)
1999 San Pietro. Pescatore di uomini (sacred oratorio)
1999 Un Natale di fine millennio
2000 Pane di vita nuova
2000 Jesus is my life
2001 Joy to the world
2001 Bruno Marchesini. Maestro, dove abiti? (sacred oratorio)
2002 Papa Giovanni XXIII. Con la fiducia nel cuore (sacred oratorio)
2003 Vergine madre
2003 Alba romana. Un omaggio a Roma
2003 Confido in Te (sacred oratorio on St. Faustina Kowalska)
2004 Cristo è nostra Pasqua
2004 Trittico romano (sacred oratorio)
2005 Stillate cieli dall'alto
2005 Verso la gioia
2005 Emmaus. Mane nobiscum domine (sacred oratorio)
2005 Santa Margherita da Cortona. La terza luce (sacred oratorio)
2005 Jesus Christ you are my life (special disc for the Pope's visit to Germany)
2006 Charitatis Hostia – Vittima d'Amore (sacred oratorio on St. Pius of Pietrelcina and St. Francis of Assisi)
2006 Una luce nella notte
2007 O Luce Radiosa
2007 The best of Marco Frisina
2008 Apostolo delle genti (sacred oratorio on St. Paul the Apostle)
2008 Beato Angelico. Al Signore della bellezza (sacred oratorio)
2009 Il Cantico dei Cantici (sacred oratorio)
2009 O Croce nostra speranza
2011 Aprite le porte a Cristo (hymn to St. John Paul II)
2011 Sacerdote per sempre
2012 Et incarnatus est
2013 Passio Caeciliae (sacred oratorio in 9 scenes for soprano, narrator, and orchestra)
2013 Tu sei il Cristo
2014 Resurrexit (Latin texts for Easter and Solemnites)
2015 Dio ha tanto amato il mondo
2016 Benedici Il Signore / Tu Sarai Profeta
2017 Non temere / Signore è il suo nome
Referencesedit
^Sergio Perugini Testimoni di fede, trionfatori di audience. La fiction religiosa ...2011 - Page 107 "Marco Frisina (responsabile del Centro Pastorale per il Culto e la Santificazione al Vicariato di Roma),
^Dolores Cerqui, Fabiano Togni Una comunità, un coro 2007 - Page 43 "Partecipare a Roma al Giubileo dell'anno 2000 e cantare gli stessi canti eseguiti dall'orchestra e dal Coro del Vicariato di Roma, diretti dal maestro Mons. Marco Frisina, bisogna ammettere che dà una certa soddisfazione e se poi vedi gli .."
^Camillo Langone Guida alle Messe 2010 - Page 19 "... dal Sanctus in latino fino a I cieli narrano di Marco Frisina, una delle più ascoltabili composizioni sacre contemporanee."
^Scheda biografica in (2005). "Alba Romana. Un omaggio a Roma" (in Italian). Laus Edizioni Musicali srl.
^M. Michela Nicolais (July 6, 2020). "Morte Ennio Morricone. Frisina: "Era un grande musicista italiano e romano"" (in Italian).
^"Pontifical Academy of the Virtuosi al Pantheon". www.accademiavirtuosi.it.
^See the article La Divina Commedia (opera) in the Italian-language Wikipedia.
^"Marco Frisina - Aprite le porte a Cristo - Hymn to John Paul". Gloria.tv. September 26, 2013.
^"Music Monday: Honoring the canonization of Pope Saint John Paul II with "Aprite le porte a Cristo!" ("Open the Doors to Christ!")" (in Italian). from the original on June 6, 2021. (libretto)
^"Convegno delle Corali" (in Italian). 23 September 2014.
^"Corali a convegno per "cantare la fede"" (in Italian). September 23, 2014.
External linksedit
Marco Frisina official website
January 01, 1970
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This article includes inline citations but they are not properly formatted Please improve this article by correcting them July 2015 Learn how and when to remove this message Marco Frisina born 16 December 1954 in Rome is an Italian Roman Catholic priest and composer He is director of the Pastoral Worship Center at the Vatican 1 2 3 Marco Frisina Contents 1 Biography 2 Works editions and recordings 2 1 Filmography 2 2 Recordings 3 References 4 External linksBiography edit nbsp Marco Frisina at the San Damaso University in Madrid After the Liceo classico Frisina graduated in Letters at the Sapienza University of Rome and subsequently in composition at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia After having joined the Pontifical Major Seminary of Rome in 1978 Frisina studied theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University and got the license in Holy Scripture at the Pontifical Biblical Institute of Rome 4 In 1982 he was ordained a priest and was assigned to the Diocese of Rome A member of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization he was promoted as the chairman of the Diocesan Commission of Holy Arts for the Diocese of Rome and since 2009 rector of the church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere 5 He is professor at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross and at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music In 1984 he founded the choir of the Diocese of Rome that he directed continuously for over four decades Formed by 250 elements 6 the choir got involded in various international events and Holy Masses celebrated by the Pope Since 1985 he has been the director of the Lateran Pontifical Pious Chapel 7 in the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran a choir which is composed by 32 chantors and 2 organists 8 In 1991 Frisina started a collaboration with TV series titled Le storie della Bibbia produced by Lux Vide in quality of Biblical consultant and musical composer 9 For what concerns the musical acitivbity he involved the Italian composer Ennio Morricone 10 In 1993 he was appointed as the personal chaplain of the Pope Four years later John Paul II made him a virtuous ordinary academic of the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon of which Frisina also became the spiritual assistant 11 In 2007 he composed the La Divina Commedia Opera Musical second title L uomo che cerca l Amore the first musical trasponsition of the omonymous work of Dante Alighieri It was a two acts drama with libretto of Gianmario Pagano and produced by the Musical International Company 12 In 2011 he composed the official hymn for the beatification of John Paul II and was the liturgical focal point of the related celebrations 13 14 In September 2014 he organized in Rome the first national congress of the Italian religious choirs 15 which in October 2016 was followed by the Jubilee of Choirs 16 17 Since 2015 he has been artistic director of the Concert with the Poor and for the Poor held in Paul VI Hall He was in charge of the music and direction of the show Dante in Musica directed by Andrea Ortis winner in 2020 of the Persephone Award as best Italian musical of the year Works editions and recordings editFrisina Passio Caeciliae Barbara Vignudelli soprano David Sebasti narrator Nova Amadeus Chamber Orchestra Coro Musicanova Flavio Emilio Scogna Brilliant Classics Filmography edit Abraham TV film 1994 Giacobbe TV miniseries 1995 Joseph TV film 1995 Moses TV film 1996 Samson and Delilah TV film 1997 Fatima directed by Fabrizio Costa 1998 Tristano e Isotta directed by Fabrizio Costa 1998 Michele Strogoff directed by Fabrizio Costa 1999 Christus directed by Giulio Cesare Antamoro 1999 Giuseppe di Nazareth directed by Raffaele Mertes TV miniseries 1999 Mary Magdalene it directed by Raffaele Mertes 2000 Un dono semplice directed by M Zaccaro 2000 Giuda directed by Raffaele Mertes 2000 Tommaso directed by Raffaele Mertes 2001 Sant Antonio da Padova directed by Umberto Marino 2001 Papa Giovanni directed by Giorgio Capitani TV miniseries 2002 Il Bambino di Betlemme directed by Umberto Marino 2002 San Giovanni L apocalisse directed by Raffaele Mertes TV miniseries 2002 Don Bosco directed by Lodovico Gasparini TV miniseries 2004 Rita da Cascia directed by Giorgio Capitani TV miniseries 2004 Edda directed by Giorgio Capitani TV miniseries 2005 San Pietro directed by Giulio Base TV miniseries 2005 Callas e Onassis directed by Giorgio Capitani TV miniseries 2005 Giovanni Paolo II directed by John K Harrison TV miniseries 2005 Giovanni Paolo II Amico di tutta l umanita animated film 2006 Papa Luciani Il sorriso di Dio directed by Giorgio Capitani TV miniseries 2006 Pompei directed by Giulio Base TV miniseries 2007 Chiara e Francesco directed by Fabrizio Costa TV miniseries 2007 Paolo VI directed by Fabrizio Costa TV miniseries 2008 Puccini directed by Giorgio Capitani TV miniseries 2009 Preferisco il Paradiso directed by Giacomo Campiotti TV miniseries 2010 Recordings edit 1984 Maria sacred oratorio for solo double choir and orchestra 1986 Benedici il Signore 1987 Non temere 1988 Signore e il Suo nome 1989 Tu sarai profeta 1989 Revelacion del alma sacred oratorio for three soloists and orchestra 1989 Il cantico della misericordia sacred oratorio for narrator baritone mezzo soprano choir and orchestra 1991 Chi ci separera dall amore di Cristo 1991 Giovanni il profeta sacred oratorio for solo narrator double choir and orchestra 1992 San Francesco Il tesoro e la sposa sacred oratorio 1993 San Massimiliano Kolbe Chiamati a dare la vita sacred oratorio 1995 Tu sei bellezza 1995 Elia La parola del fuoco sacred oratorio 1995 San Filippo Neri Paradiso paradiso sacred oratorio 1996 Santa Caterina Le nozze mistiche sacred oratorio 1997 Cristo nostra salvezza 1997 Rublev Signore di ogni bellezza sacred oratorio 1998 Laudate Dominum 1998 Non di solo pane 1998 Natale a Roma with P Moloney 1999 San Pietro Pescatore di uomini sacred oratorio 1999 Un Natale di fine millennio 2000 Pane di vita nuova 2000 Jesus is my life 2001 Joy to the world 2001 Bruno Marchesini Maestro dove abiti sacred oratorio 2002 Papa Giovanni XXIII Con la fiducia nel cuore sacred oratorio 2003 Vergine madre 2003 Alba romana Un omaggio a Roma 2003 Confido in Te sacred oratorio on St Faustina Kowalska 2004 Cristo e nostra Pasqua 2004 Trittico romano sacred oratorio 2005 Stillate cieli dall alto 2005 Verso la gioia 2005 Emmaus Mane nobiscum domine sacred oratorio 2005 Santa Margherita da Cortona La terza luce sacred oratorio 2005 Jesus Christ you are my life special disc for the Pope s visit to Germany 2006 Charitatis Hostia Vittima d Amore sacred oratorio on St Pius of Pietrelcina and St Francis of Assisi 2006 Una luce nella notte 2007 O Luce Radiosa 2007 The best of Marco Frisina 2008 Apostolo delle genti sacred oratorio on St Paul the Apostle 2008 Beato Angelico Al Signore della bellezza sacred oratorio 2009 Il Cantico dei Cantici sacred oratorio 2009 O Croce nostra speranza 2011 Aprite le porte a Cristo hymn to St John Paul II 2011 Sacerdote per sempre 2012 Et incarnatus est 2013 Passio Caeciliae sacred oratorio in 9 scenes for soprano narrator and orchestra 2013 Tu sei il Cristo 2014 Resurrexit Latin texts for Easter and Solemnites 2015 Dio ha tanto amato il mondo 2016 Benedici Il Signore Tu Sarai Profeta 2017 Non temere Signore e il suo nomeReferences edit Sergio Perugini Testimoni di fede trionfatori di audience La fiction religiosa 2011 Page 107 Marco Frisina responsabile del Centro Pastorale per il Culto e la Santificazione al Vicariato di Roma Dolores Cerqui Fabiano Togni Una comunita un coro 2007 Page 43 Partecipare a Roma al Giubileo dell anno 2000 e cantare gli stessi canti eseguiti dall orchestra e dal Coro del Vicariato di Roma diretti dal maestro Mons Marco Frisina bisogna ammettere che da una certa soddisfazione e se poi vedi gli Camillo Langone Guida alle Messe 2010 Page 19 dal Sanctus in latino fino a I cieli narrano di Marco Frisina una delle piu ascoltabili composizioni sacre contemporanee Scheda biografica in 2005 Alba Romana Un omaggio a Roma in Italian Laus Edizioni Musicali srl Diocese of Rome in Italian Website of the choir of the Diocese of Rome in Italian See the article Cappella musicale Pia Lateranense in the Italian language Wikipedia Pontifical Basilica of St John in Lateran in Italian Bibbia Lux Vide S p A in Italian M Michela Nicolais July 6 2020 Morte Ennio Morricone Frisina Era un grande musicista italiano e romano in Italian Pontifical Academy of the Virtuosi al Pantheon www accademiavirtuosi it See the article La Divina Commedia opera in the Italian language Wikipedia Marco Frisina Aprite le porte a Cristo Hymn to John Paul Gloria tv September 26 2013 Music Monday Honoring the canonization of Pope Saint John Paul II with Aprite le porte a Cristo Open the Doors to Christ in Italian Archived from the original on June 6 2021 libretto Convegno delle Corali in Italian 23 September 2014 About Marco Frisina Retrieved June 6 2021 Corali a convegno per cantare la fede in Italian September 23 2014 External links editMarco Frisina official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Marco Frisina amp oldid 1222144509, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
