Capuchin Crypt: Sacred Music in the Heart of Rome

About the Event

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 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.

Musical program:
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

Practical Information

The ticket 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
• Self‐guided tour with audio guide (available in 13 languages) of the Capuchin Museum and Crypt

Admission time: 4:15 p.m.
Start time: 4:45 p.m. (admission is not guaranteed after this time)
End time: 6:10 p.m.
Venue: Capuchin Convent of the Immaculate Conception
Meeting point: Casa per Ferie I Cappuccini, Via Veneto 21

Schedule change March 19, March 26, April 2, May 7
• 4:15 p.m. Admission time
• 4:45 p.m. Audio‐guided tour of the Capuchin Museum and Crypt
• 5:30 p.m. Sacred Music concert in the Hall of the Capuchin Convent
• 6:10 p.m. Approximate end time

Cast / Production

SCHOLA ROMANA ENSEMBLE
Paola Alonzi, Soprano
Micaela Parrilla, Alto
Marco Ciardo, Tenor
Stefano Sabene, Bass & Conductor