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O Magnum Mysterium

FREE CONCERT - Reservation required

Santuario della Beata Vergine del Soccorso

Friday July 14th, 2023 at 06:30 PM

The Milan Cathedral Chapel will lead us on a guided tour of some Renaissance polyphonic masterpieces, skillfully alternating with oases of pure and unadorned plainchant. They are performed in the program following the liturgical calendar order, starting with Advent and ending with Easter.


Performers

Milan Cathedral Chapel. Mons. Massimo Palombella, conductor

Music

The liturgical year in plainchant and Renaissance polyphony:

Anonymous
Rorate Cæli, antiphon for Advent

Palestrina
Magnificat VIII Toni

Byrd
O magnum mysterium/Beata Virgo, motet

Anonymous
Misereris omnium, Domine, introitus for Feria IV Ash Wednesday

Palestrina
Super flumina Babylonis, motet

Morales
Inter vestibulum et altare, offertory

Anonymous
Christus factus est pro nobis, gradual for Maundy Thursday

Victoria
Caligaverunt oculi mei, responsory for Good Friday

Palestrina
Adoramus te, Christe, motet

Victoria
Sepulto Domino, responsory for Good Saturday

Palestrina
Sicut cervus, motet


Useful Info:

The concert is held inside the sanctuary with open doors, so it can also be heard from outside the church with reduced visibility.

Ticket Rates:
FREE CONCERT / Reservation required
Please be advised that if you do not show up within 10 minutes before the concert, the reserved seat will be released and given to those on the waiting list.

How to reach Santuario della Beata Vergine del Soccorso:
The sanctuary is reached by a scenic uphill walk of about 25 minutes starting from Piazza Papa Giovanni XXIII, loc. Ossuccio, Tremezzina (see map).

Entrance to the venue:
The ticket office opens one hour before the concert.
Admission from the access gates is allowed twenty minutes before the start of the concert.

Approximate duration of the event:
70 min

In case of bad weather:
The concert will also be held in case of bad weather (inside the Sanctuary).

Find out more about the Santuario della Beata Vergine del Soccorso on myLakeComo.co

The audience is advised that photos and audio/video footage may be taken during the event by LacMus Festival staff for promotion and marketing purposes for the exclusive use of the festival.