Okeghem Requiem: Lecture, Discussion, and Mass

order of service: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LSGT... Music by Blue Heron Lecture and Discussion with Brian Robinette (Boston College) and James Kennerley FRCO (St. Paul's Choir School) When: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 Lecture : 4:30 PM ET Mass: 5:30 PM ET Johannes Okeghem (1420?-1497), one of the greatest composers of the Early Renaissance, wrote magnificent polyphonic settings for his Requiem Mass. St. Paul’s integrates this transcendent music into contemporary worship in a Mass for the Dead. Music by the vocal ensemble Blue Heron. In the lecture and discussion preceding the Mass, Professor Brian Robinette and James Kennerly, FRCO, explore the historical and theological foundations behind the Catholic tradition of prayers for the dead, the meaning and implications of resurrection and eternal life as expressed in the requiem, the contributions of music, particularly Okeghem’s polyphony, to the rite, and the way of integrating this music into a contemporary liturgy.