Vespers with Seven Copes & Benediction: Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Thu, Sep 14
|Basilica of Old St. Patrick's Cathedral
featuring a chamber orchestra for Mozart's "Vesperae solennes" and other great works
Time & Location
Sep 14, 2023, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Basilica of Old St. Patrick's Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY 10012
Guests
About the event
All are welcome to this very special celebration of Solemn Vespers, in Latin according to the traditional Roman Breviary, featuring a chamber orchestra for some of the greatest choral works ever written for the Divine Office. The centerpiece is Mozart's Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339, to be supplemented with:
Concerto No. 1 in D Major -- W. A. Mozart after Johann Christian Bach
Domine ad adjuvandum -- Baldassare Galuppi
O Salutaris -- Luigi Cherubini
Salve Regina -- Vincenzo Bellini
Our celebrating priest will be assisted by six additional clerics as cantors in copes. Following Vespers will be a short sermon, then Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The event celebrates the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Visitors will additionally be able to partake in the Feast of San Gennaro: a week-long festival in New York City's Little Italy district, which begins on this day (more info HERE).