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My observations on the music of the Installation Mass of Archbishop Dolan

April 16, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 3 comments.

On NLM, Jeffrey Tucker and numerous commenters have shared thoughts on yesterday’s Installation Mass of Timothy M. Dolan as Archbishop of New York.  I watched the liturgy online as it was unfolding, and provided live commentary on Plurk and in Fr. Zuhlsdorf’s UStream.TV chat room.  (If you go to the chat room, you will find [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized.
Tags: Anton Bruckner; Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan; Carroll T. Andrews; Cathedral of St. Patrick (Archdiocese of New York); Cesar Franck; Franz Schubert; Gregorian Chant; Jennifer Pascual; Maurice Durufle; Michael Hay; Palestrina; Richard Proulx; Robert J. Snow; Ronan Tynan; St. Mary's (Roslyn); Tomas Luis de Victoria.

Music list for the Papal Votive Mass for the Universal Church, April 19, 2008 (with audio, references and translations)

April 19, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 1 comment.

Courtesy of the Pope 2008 blog, below is the list of music for today’s Votive Mass for the Universal Church at New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral that ended only moments ago. Links, audio, and scriptural sources have been added below for illustrative and educational purposes.
(The Pope 2008 blog also has the complete list of music [...]

Filed under: Contemporary Religious Music; Devotional Music; Program Planning.
Tags: Bruce Saylor; Cathedral of St. Patrick (Archdiocese of New York); Deborah Jamini; Donald Dumler; Drew Santini; Fr. John Schiavone; Fr. Lorenzo Perosi; Franz Biebl; Glenn Osborne; Gregorian Chant; Jennifer Pascual; Johann Singenberger; Johnnie Carl; Josef Rheinberger; Ludwig van Beethoven; Michael Hay; Michael Valenti; Peter Latona; Richard Kidd; Richard Stewart; Roman Rite (Ordinary Form); Salvatore Licitra; Suzanne Toolan; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; YouTube.

The Ordo for Pope Benedict’s pastoral visit to the USA

April 10, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 0 comments.

is now online in PDF format at the Vatican website. Below is an extensive (but incomplete) list of musical features for the scheduled liturgies and paraliturgies:
Evening Prayer, April 16, 2008, Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C.

Introductory Rite of Vespers in Latin (p. 4)
Easter Vespers Hymn Ad regias Agni dapes sung in the common English [...]

Filed under: Evening Prayer Project; Program Planning.
Tags: Cathedral of St. Patrick (Archdiocese of New York); Liturgy of the Hours; Nationals Park; Pope Benedict XVI; St. Joseph; St. Patrick; Yankee Stadium; Yonkers.

Gone to NYC with Melissa

November 15, 2002 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 0 comments.

Filed under: Miscellany.
Tags: Cathedral of St. Patrick (Archdiocese of New York); Saks; St. Agnes Church (New York).

The Sacred Heart Cathedral saga from a distance (I)

October 3, 2002 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 2 comments.

Filed under: In other news.
Tags: Barbara Kelley; Cathedral of St. Patrick (Archdiocese of New York); Eastman Kodak; Kodak; Mary Giorgi; Rochester (New York); Sacred Heart Cathedral (Rochester).

Couple Arrested for Having Sex in New York City Cathedral

August 16, 2002 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 1 comment.

Filed under: In other news.
Tags: Alexandria; Brian Florence; Cathedral of St. Patrick (Archdiocese of New York); Quantico; St. Clare's Hospital; Virginia.