Any number of parishes could do something like this. Here is a parish that has done something!
My friends at Sacred Heart in Grand Rapids, MI had a wonderful idea which they have executed expertly.
They are celebrating in 5th centenary of the great composer Palestrina (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – +1594).
Succeeded by Nanino and Giovanelli, Palestrina is one of the Roman greats along with Tomas Luis de Victoria and Orlando de Lassus. His tomb is somewhere in St. Peter’s Basilica. They aren’t sure exactly where.
Along with being the master of the choirs of the Lateran, Santa Maria Maggiore and the Cappella Sistina, Palestrina also directed at The Parish™.
Last Sunday for the Feast of Christ the King, a choir from London was in town. They sang one of Palestrina’s most important works the Missa Papae Marcelli, which touches the very heights of the polyphonic music which at the time of the Council of Trent was hotly debated.
Look what they are doing… look especially at the names of the groups coming to sing:
Remember Floriani? They were on a pilgrimage I had a role in. HERE These guys have got game. But look… The Tallis Scholars… Gesualdo Six… good grief.
This is very exciting stuff. I shall have to make a pilgrimage to Grand Rapids for at least one of these.
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