Third Sunday Vespers and Sacred Music Concert

Third Sunday Solemn Vespers at the Basilica of the Assumption continues on Sunday, May 21st, at 5:00PM. The Basilica Schola Cantorum will sing a prelude and lead the singing of the psalmody and Magnificat during the liturgy. Immediately following Vespers will be a sacred music concert sung by the Basilica Schola Cantorum and led by Music Director Samuel F. Rowe.

PROGRAM: 

Orlando Gibbons O Clap Your Hands
Samuel Scheidt Christ Lag in Todesbanden
Tomás Luis de Victoria Regina Coeli à 8
Felix Mendelssohn Six Anthems: On Ascension Day
Heinrich Schütz Singet dem Herren ein neues Lied, SWV 35
Randall Thompson Alleluia

The program will last approximately 45 minutes.