Festival of Sacred Music and Art (Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra)
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| Country and Region | Italy — Lazio |
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| Type of Festival | Music |
| Location of Festival | Rome, Lazio, Italy |
| Festival Address Information | Fondazione pro Musica e Arte Sacra |
| Festival Description | Combining glorious architecture with fine classical music, the Festival di Musica e Arte Sacra brings sacred music to life at a number of opulent basilicas throughout the holy city of Rome. |
| Festival Dates | October 12 - November 29, 2008 |
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Festival Events:
Program 2008:
- Part One
- Sunday, October 12, 8:30pm
—Johann Sebastian Bach, The Art of Fugue BWV 1080 in the version of Hans-Eberhard Dentler
Performed by Ensemble Arte della Fuga
Venue—Basilica of St John Lateran (apse) - Monday, October 13, 9:00pm
—Anton Bruckner, Symphony n. 6
Peformed by Vienna Philharmonic, Conductor Christoph Eschenbach
Venue—Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls
- Sunday, October 12, 8:30pm
- Part Two
- Monday, November 17, 9:00pm
—Concert for piano and organ with works by Bach/Busoni, Liszt and Guillou with Jean Guillou (piano and organ) and Johannes Skudlik (organ)
Venue—Academic Hall of the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music - Tuesday, November 18, 9:00pm
—Concert for organ and trumpet with works by Martini, Bach, Messiaen, Hakim, Eben with Simon Preston (organ) and Reinhold Friedrich (trumpet)
Venue—Basilica of St Augustine - Wednesday, November 19, 9:00pm
—Concert for organ with works by Messiaen, Hakim with Naji Hakim
Venue—Church of St Louis of the French - Thursday, November 20, 9:00pm
—Concert for organs and percussion with works by Scarlatti, J.S. Bach, Vivaldi, W.F. Bach, Guillou with Jean Guillou, Martin Baker, Vito Gaiezza, Roberto Bonetto, Jürgen Wolf, Jürgen Geiger, Bernhard Buttmann, Giampaolo di Rosa, Winfried Bönig (all organ), Hélène Colombotti (percussion) and Johannes Skudlik (organ and direction)
Venue—Church of St Paul Inside the Walls - Saturday, November 22, 9:00pm
—Stephen Edwards, Requiem
Performed by Continuo Arts Symphonic Chorus and Orchestra, Conductor Candace Wicke
Venue—Basilica of St Ignatius of Loyola in Campo Marzio
- Monday, November 17, 9:00pm
- Part Three
- Wednesday, November 26, 5:00pm
—Holy Mass celebrated by His Eminence Angelo Cardinal Comastri Archpriest of the Vatican Basilica
—Gregorian Chant
Performed by Choir of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Conductor Peter Latona
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Venite Populi KV 260 (248a)
—Joseph Haydn, Missa Solemnis in B flat “Harmoniemesse” HOB. 22.14
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, “Magnificat” from Vesperae de Confessore KV 339
—Youth Orchestra of the Americas, Gächinger Kantorei, Conductor Helmuth Rilling
Venue—Basilica of St Peter in the Vatican - Wednesday, November 26, 9:00pm
—“Music for a Mass in honour of the Immaculate” with works by Victoria, Monteverdi, Marenzio etc.
Performed by Choir of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Conductor Peter Latona
Venue—Basilica of St Mary Major - Thursday, November, 27, 9:00pm
—Franz Joseph Haydn, The Last Seven Words Of Christ on the Cross
Performed by String Quartet of the Vienna Philharmonic
Venue—Basilica of St John Lateran (apse) - Friday, November 28, 9:00pm
—Johannes Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem
Performed by Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Conductor Marek Janowski
Venue—Basilica of St Mary Major - Saturday, November 29, 9:00pm
—“Music from the European Cathedrals” with works by Palestrina, Monteverdi, Gabrieli, Frescobaldi, Croce, Perosi, Krämer Wind Ensemble „Dom zu Speyer“, Speyerer Domchor
Performed by Philharmonischer Chor an der Saar, Chor der Saarländischen Bachgesellschaft, Conductor Leo Krämer
Venue—Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls
- Wednesday, November 26, 5:00pm
- Preliminary programme, changes may occur
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