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11 Feb

2015

Votive Choral Vespers at Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral

Posted by Stuart Chessman 

From the Facebook Page of the event:

 

As a basilica, (Old. St. Patrick’s Cathedral) observes with special care a number of feasts: one of them is the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, Apostle. This year, to celebrate the bicentennial of the founding of the basilica, the Schola will sing a Renaissance Vespers on Sunday, February 22 at 4:00 PM. The music includes:

Prelude: Toccata in the 8th Tone – Paolo Quagliati (c. 1555-1628)
Domine ad adjuvandum – Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560-1627)
Dixit Dominus – Alessandro Grandi (1586-1630)
Confitebor tibi – Maurizio Cazzati (1616-1678)
Beatus Vir – Alternatim Chant
Laudate Pueri – Giacomo Finetti (? – 1630)
Memento Domine David – Felice Anerio (1560-1614)
Magnificat – Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560-1627)
Postlude: Toccata – Johann Jakob Froberger (1616-1667)

The Schola will be supported by continuo played on organ and theorbo, making for a unique and gorgeous sound.

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