Where Faith meets Art: a unique and inspiring experience
A journey through the human soul to discover the many ways in which spirituality has been expressed over the centuries: through transcendent music and unparalleled art.
An intimate group of guests will have a chance to enter the ancient Hall of Rome’s Capuchin Convent and be enraptured by the voices of the Schola Romana Ensemble. The singers will intone timeless Gregorian chants and the soulful hymns by Palestrina and many more of the masters of the Sistine Chapel.
To complete this unique experience, guests will unveil the history behind the Order of the Friars Minor with a tour of the Capuchin Museum and admire Caravaggio’s masterpiece, “Saint Francis in Meditation”. Lastly, they will step into the awe-inspiring Crypts: five rooms decorated with the bones of 4000 Capuchin friars who inhabited the Convent since the 17th century.
Their intriguing symbolism and the deep reflection they inspire will make for a spiritual afternoon never to be forgotten.
Duration: 80 min
Venue: Capuchin Museum and Convent • Via Vittorio Veneto 21, Rome
Capuchin Museum and Convent
Santa Maria Immacolata is the Capuchins church in Rome, built by Pope Urbano VIII Barberini (XVII c.) close to Piazza Barberini, in Via Veneto, one of the most famous streets of Rome, set of the film La dolce vita, by Federico Fellini.
Inside the church, you can see masterpieces by Guido Reni (S. Michele Arcangelo), Domenichino, Pietro da Cortona, Gherardo delle notti, Antonio Sacchi and others. The shocking Crypt-museum is decorated with 4.000 bones of friars. Here you can find also a masterpiece of Caravaggio: La meditazione di S. Francesco.
Program
Music by composers of the Sistine Chapel
Gregoriano: Stabant juxta crucem
Cristobàl de Morales: Peccantem me
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Kyrie (Missa Brevis)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Sicut cervus
Jakob Arcadelt: Ave Maria
Tomàs Luìs de Victoria: Pueri hebraehorum
Giacomo Carissimi: O Felix anima
Agostino Agazzari: Benedicta sit Sancta Trinitas
Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni: Laudate Dominum
SCHOLA ROMANA ENSEMBLE
Paola Alonzi, Soprano
Micaela Parrilla, Alto
Marco Ciardo, Tenor
Stefano Sabene, Bass & Conductor
What's included
Ticket € 78 that includes:
• Entrance ticket to the Museum
• Concert “A Cappella” in the specially reserved ancient Hall of the Capuchins Convent
• Ensemble: soprano, contralto, tenor, bass
• Introduction in English to the musical program
• Audio-guided tour of the of the Capuchins Museum and the Crypt (13 languages)
This was truly a lovely experience. Make this a part of your “to see and to do” list while you are in Rome.
A one of kind opportunity to live The Eternal City with all of our senses at once. Thank you!
The concerts were intimate experiences of talented musicians and singers, splendid music and the vibrant spaces of the churches where the concerts took place.
A superb way to spend an hour in this wonderful city
Intellectually fulfilling and fun. It may not seem very touristic, but it would take your visit to Rome to another level.
The concert would have been enough with just the knowledgeable tour of the church. Add beautiful baroque music to that and I was in heaven.
We felt almost transported back in time. An experience not to be missed.
Shouldn't be missed by anyone who likes music, especially early music!.
What a great way to have an experience in a Baroque Palazzo.
It was a unique experience! Interesting and moving.
We were charmed by the genuine enthusiasm of the performers and recommend to other Travellers
We warmly recommend anybody, visiting Rom, who loves painting art as well as music to participate to this sound and vision tour.
beautiful church, and music!
Great venue - beautiful singing - they really gave it all they had. Highly recommended. Great start to any evening in Rome.
Well worth the investment of time and money.
A definite highlight of our trip