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Harpa Dei Choir: Tues. Oct. 10, 2023

The internationally renowned group Harpa Dei, a quartet of siblings whose reverent performances of sacred music from many traditions are beloved on YouTube, will visit St. Mary's on Tuesday, October 10 to provide music for the 12:10 p.m. Mass and for a concert-meditation at 7:00 p.m.

The 12:10 p.m. Mass at St. Mary’s on Tuesday, Oct. 10 will be a Traditional Latin Mass and a Votive Mass of the Holy Angels. Harpa Dei will sing Gregorian chant as well as works of St. Hildegard of Bingen and traditional sacred polyphony.

The same evening at 7:00 p.m., Harpa Dei will present “Memories of Paradise,” an extraordinary concert of sacred music from traditions spanning the globe. Admission is free (donations gratefully accepted).

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