In celebration of The Barberini Tapestries: Woven Monuments of Baroque Rome we invite you to an evening devoted to the sacred language and music of early Baroque Rome.

The Reverend Dr. Patrick Malloy, Canon for Liturgy & the Arts, will officiate a Latin mass of the Third Day of Easter with Gregorian Chant propers and Pompeo Cannicciari’s Missa Phrygia. Immediately following the mass, Giacomo Carissimi’s stunning oratorio Historia de Jephte will be led by Kent Tritle, Director, Cathedral Music, conducting the Cathedral Choir.

The selection of music was written in the same era that saw the weaving of the Cathedral’s Barberini tapestries. Paired with the sacred music and liturgy of the Baroque, these magnificent tapestries transform their surroundings into a setting reminiscent of a 17th century Roman palace.

Arthur Fiacco, cello
Raymond Nagem, organ
Kent Tritle, conductor

Choir and Soloists
Joseph Beutel
Alison Cheeseman
Lianne Coble
Katie Geissinger
Daniel Moody
Stephen Moore
Jamet Pittman
Emerson Sieverts
Michael Steinberger

Pompeo Cannicciari (1670 – 1744) was a composer of sacred music and the author of numerous church works, including some pastoral masses

Giacomo Carissimi (1605 –1674) was an Italian composer and music teacher. One of the most celebrated masters of early Baroque music, he established the characteristic features of the Latin oratorio and was a prolific composer of motets and cantatas in addition to the Masses and other sacred music. He was highly influential in musical developments in north European countries through his pupils and the wide dissemination of his music.

NOTE: This event has reached capacity. We are only able to accomodate those who have previously sent an RSVP.