Concert: In the Company of Angels – Choral Meditations on All Souls
November 2 @ 6:00 pm
In commemoration of All Souls Day, the Basilica invites you to join us for a choral concert on Sunday, November 2, at 6:00 p.m. in the Crypt Church. Under the direction of the Basilica’s Director of Music, Peter Latona, D.M.A., the Choir of the Basilica presents In the Company of Angels: Choral Meditations on All Souls. The concert is free and open to the public. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis with no ticketing, advanced registration, or reservations. All are welcome to attend this beautiful night of choral music and meditation on All Souls.
The concert will also be livestreamed on www.nationalshrine.org/mass.
Program:
One Thing I Ask of the Lord – Peter Latona (b. 1968)
Salvator Mundi – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525–1594)
Duo Seraphim – Jacob Handl (1550–1591)
Sanctus from Messe à Trois Voix – André Caplet (1878–1925)
Für Jan Van Eyck – Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
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Sicut Cervus – Ziprianus (fl. 1560)
O Quam Amabilis – G.P. da Palestrina
Christ Hath a Garden – Gabriel Rhys Simerson (b. 1998)
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A Child’s Prayer – James MacMillan (b. 1959)
Crux Fidelis – Jean Roger-Ducasse (1873–1954)
Easter from Five Mystical Songs – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
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They Are At Rest – Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Pie Jesu from Requiem, Op. 48 – Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
In Paradisum from Requiem, Op. 48 – G. Fauré
Te Deum from Collegium Regale – Herbert Howells (1892–1983)
