Saturday October 29, 2011 – 9 pm
PAPAL BASILICA ST JOHN LATERAN

Orchestra of the Cappella Ludovicea
The Cappella Ludovicea is the official music institution of the Pious Institutions of France in Rome and Loreto, the „Pii Stabilimenti della Francia“, at the Church Trinità dei Monti in Rome. This ensemble consists of 16-20 professional musicians who are members of the orchestras of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma and the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, and of 16-20 singers. They perform the music for the liturgies at Trinità dei Monti and for all French celebrations in St Peter’s and in the Lateran basilica, and give life to a concert season with the great masterpieces of French, Italian and European sacred music. Ildebrando Mura is the Music Director of the Cappella Ludovicea since its foundation in 1990.
www.cappellaludovicea.org

The Oratorio Society of New York is a non-profit membership organization which performs choral music in the oratorio style. The Society was founded in 1873 by conductor Leopold Damrosch, and it is New York City’s second oldest cultural organization. The Society had a prominent role in the building of Carnegie Hall, and it has premiered many new choral music works over the years. Kent Tritle was appointed as the Society's 11th music director in January 2006, succeeding longstanding director Lyndon Woodside, who died the previous year.
www.oratoriosocietyofny.org

Ildebrando Mura, born 1967 near Rome, studied organ and composing at the Roman conservatory Santa Cecilia and piano, conducting and singing at the Papal Institute for Sacred Music (Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra) in Rome. He became a member of the Choir of the Papal Basilica of St Mary Major and two years later was appointed organist at the Basilica San Marco al Campidoglio. Since 1990 he is also Choir Master of the Cappella Ludovicea. With this ensemble he performs in the concert series of the Pii Stabilimenti della Francia and of the Italian Ministry of Culture, performs the music for the liturgies of the French Embassy at the Holy See in the French churches in Rome and in the Vatican basilicas, and tours in Italy and France. His great commitment in over 20 years of work and the ensemble’s excellent quality led to the appointment, by the international research institute EURISPES, to one of the “One Hundred Italian Excellencies in the World”.
www.cappellaludovicea.org

Kent Tritle is one of America’s leading choral conductors. Called "the brightest star in New York's choral music world" by The New York Times, he has been named Director of Cathedral Music and Organist at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, effective September 1, 2011. He is Music Director of the Oratorio Society of New York, New York City's acclaimed 200-voice volunteer chorus; and Music Director of Musica Sacra, the longest continuously performing professional chorus in New York City. Kent founded Sacred Music in a Sacred Space, the acclaimed concert series now entering its 23rd season at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York City where he has been Director of Music Ministries for the last 22 years. In addition, he is Director of Choral Activities at the Manhattan School of Music and is a member of the graduate faculty of The Juilliard School. He is the host of the weekly radio show “The Choral Mix with Kent Tritle” on WQXR. An acclaimed organ virtuoso, he is also the organist of the New York Philharmonic.
www.kenttritle.com