Learn More and Register for the concert in Wilmette (May 21st)
Learn More and Register for the concert at UChicago (May 22nd)
The Lumen Christi Institute is excited to host Schola Antiqua for a series of concerts on the music of Pope Leo X.
Vocal ensemble Schola Antiqua serves as the Lumen Christi Institute’s Artists-in-Residence. Lumen Christi supports Schola Antiqua in providing unparalleled offerings related to the foundations of Catholic liturgy and music. Michael Alan Anderson, the Artistic Director of Schola Antiqua and a graduate of the University of Chicago, works closely with the Institute to deliver concerts and workshops on the Church’s great treasury of sacred music. Click here for more information.
In honor of the election of Pope Leo XIV, the Lumen Christi Institute will host two sacred music concerts on May 21 and 22. The Schola Antiqua will sing the music of one of the pope’s Leonine forebearers, Pope Leo X, the great patron of the arts.
Elected pope at thirty-seven, Giovanni de’ Medici – Leo X (r. 1513-1521) – presided over one of the most resplendent courts of worship and art in the Renaissance. His reputation as a champion of sacred music reached far beyond Rome, prompting composers and courts across Europe to prepare works and volumes of music in his honor.
This program brings together magnificent choral music heard in the pope’s presence and music offered to him from afar, from radiant sacred polyphony to the intimate lute artistry of Francesco da Milano, evoking the sacred beauty that animated his brief but consequential papacy.
The concert will be performed twice: in Wilmette on May 21 and at the University of Chicago on May 22.
The Thursday, May 21st concert will be preceded by a cocktail reception. Following the concert, the Schola will sing Compline. Please click here for more details.
The Friday, May 22nd concert will be preceded by a short conversation featuring Ada Palmer (University of Chicago), Fr. Nathan Ford, SJC (St. John Cantius), and Michael Anderson (Schola Antiqua) on the nature of sacred music and the legacy of Leo X. Please click here for more details.