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7 Nov

2013

Requiem Mass at St. Agnes, New York City

Posted by Stuart Chessman 

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Yesterday evening, in the church of St. Agnes a magnificent solemn Requiem mass was celebrated. The music included chant, Mozart’s Requiem in D minor, K. 626, and Mozart’s Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618. It was a rare evening, not a concert or “musical event” but an inspiring spiritual experience. And the standing-room-only congregation demonstrated – once more – that where there is the union of prayer, Tradition and beauty, the people will come.

Acknowledgment and spécial thanks are owed to many:

The Reverend Myles P. Murphy, S.T.L., Pastor of the Church of Saint Agnes
The Reverend Leonard Villa, Celebrant and Homilist
The Reverend Richard Munkelt, Deacon
Mr. Stephen Pack, Subdeacon
Mr. Roberto Barrientos, Master of Ceremonies
The Schola Cantorum of Saint Agnes
Miss Elizabeth Bates, Miss Elizabeth Derham, Mr. Timothy Parsons, Mr. Matthew Marcucci, Mr. Matthew Grosfeld, Soloists
Mr. David Enlow, Organist
Mr. James D. Wetzel, Choirmaster
Mr. Donald Cherry – vestments and poster
Mr. James Morlino – sound recording

And, last but not least, the funding for the music was made possible by the generosity of the Catholic Artists Society, the New York Purgatorial Society – and our own Society of Saint Hugh of Cluny.

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Standing room only!

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(Above and Below) At the catafalque.

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The Recessional.

For a fine set of photos from a different perspective, taken by Mr. Ed Casey, see HERE.

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