INTERNATIONAL SACRED MUSIC CONGRESS The Pontifical Council for Culture - Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in co-operation with The Pontifical Istitute of Sacred Music - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma New Synod Hall, Vatican City, 25-27 January 2001 PROGRAMME Tradition and innovation in sacred music in the Christian Churches Thursday 25 January 2001 Sacred music and its links to culture, liturgy and devotional practices morning 9.00 ÂÂ 12.45 Presiding His Eminence Cardinal Paul POUPARD President of the Pontifical Council for Culture Moderator Giovanni Carli BALLOLA Member of the Academy of Saint Cecilia ÂÂ Professor of the History of Music ÂÂ University of Lecce, Italy 9.00 Introductory meditation Benedictine monks from the Abbey of Saint Anselm on the Aventine will sing 9.10 Opening address His Eminence Cardinal Paul POUPARD President of the Pontifical Council for Culture 9.20 Talks Marco FRISINA: "Sacred Music between culture and liturgy" Director of the Liturgy Office ÂÂ Vicariate of Rome Lorenzo FERRERO: "The ritual music of Christians?" Composer - Milan Katherine DIENES-WILLIAMS: "Contemporary liturgy: musiciansÂÂopportunity or nightmare?" Composer and organist ÂÂ Norwich, United Kingdom 10.20 Break 10.40 Talks Leopold M. KANTNER: "Lascivum aut impurum aliquid (Council of Trent): the character of sacred music today and in former times" Professor of Musicology - University of Vienna, Austria Roberto LEYDI: "Traditional liturgical music in Italy from the Motu proprio "Tra le sollecitudini" to Vatican II" Professor of Ethnomusicology ÂÂ University of Bologna, Italy André GOUZES: "Liturgy: divine memorial and human memory" Composer ÂÂ Abbey of Sylvanès, France 11.40 Discussion afternoon 15.00 ÂÂ 18.00 Presiding LUCIANO BERIO President of the Academy of Saint Cecilia - Rome Moderator Valentino MISERACHS Head of the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music 15.00 Introduction Luciano BERIO 15.10 Talks Carlo GALANTE: "Sacredness at the very heart of existence. Reflections of a composer" Composer ÂÂ Milan, Italy Antonios ALYGIZAKIS:"The Philosophical and theological background of ecclesiastical music" Professor of Byzantine Chant and Musicology ÂÂ University of Macedonia- Thessaloniki, Greece Fabio VACCHI: "Sacer Sanctus" Composer ÂÂ Milan, Italy 16.10 Break 16.30 Talks Dom Daniel SAULNIER : "Gregorian chant since the second Vatican Council" Director of Musical Palaeography ÂÂ Abbey of Saint-Pierre de Solesmes - France Claus-Eduard HECKER: "Sacred music in the Christian Churches: tradition and innovation" Landeskirchenmusikdirektor ÂÂ Wolfenbüttel, Germany 17.10 Discussion Friday 26 January 2001 Viewpoints on composition and the questions of how and where music ought to be heard. morning 9.00 ÂÂ 12.45 Presiding Alberto BASSO Member of the Academy of Saint Cecilia & President of the Institute for Musical Heritage in Piedmont ÂÂ Turin, Italy Moderator Father Bernard ARDURA Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture 9.00 Introductory meditation The choir of the Pontifical Romanian College will sing. 9.10 Introduction Alberto BASSO Member of the Academy of Saint Cecilia & President of the Institute for Musical Heritage in Piedmont ÂÂ Turin, Italy 9.20 Talks Carlo PEDINI: "From sacred music to liturgical music: reflections and recommendations concerning the situation in Italy" Composer, Artistic director of the Umbrian Music Festival ÂÂ Perugia, Italy Riccardo PIACENTINI: "Talking to 250 composers about the sacred: the outcome of a study day in Turin" Composer and essayist ÂÂ Turin, Italy Daniel NAZARETH: "The sacred music of the Catholic Church in India" Orchestral conductor ÂÂ Bombay, India 10.20 Break 10.40 Talks Xu CHANGJUN: "The current situation of sacred music in China ÂÂ A Chinese composerÂÂs view" Assistant director of the Department of composition of the Central Conservatory ÂÂ Beijing, PeopleÂÂs Republic of China Enrico FUBINI: "Jewish music today and its use in the context of the synagogue" Professor of the History of Music ÂÂ University of Turin - Italy Edwin SEROUSSI: "The dimension of sound in the Jewish liturgy: examples from the Italian traditions" Jewish Music Research Centre ÂÂ Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Israel Louis EL-HAGE: "Christian song in the Middle East" President of the Federation of Institutes, Faculties and Academies of Arab Music ÂÂ Universiity of the Holy Spirit - Kaslik, Lebanon 12.00 Discussion afternoon 15.00 ÂÂ 18.00 Presiding Gianluigi GELMETTI Principal Conductor ÂÂ Teatro dellÂÂOpera di Roma Moderator Irma RAVINALE Composer ÂÂ Rome, Italy 15.00 Introduction Gianluigi GELMETTI Principal Conductor ÂÂ Teatro dellÂÂOpera di Roma 15.10 Talks Marco TUTINO: "Access to the sacred" Composer - Milan, Italy Roman VLAD: "StravinskyÂÂs liturgical music" President of the Rome Philarmonic Academy - Rome, Italy Pascal IDE: "The school of Olivier Messiaen" Member of staff at the Congregation for Catholic Education 16.10 Break 16.30 Talks Marta LAMBERTINI: "Latin American composers and sacred music" Composer ÂÂ Buenos Aires, Argentina Norah DUNCAN IV: "The development of contemporary African American Musical Expressions in the Church in North America" Orchestral conductor and Organist - Detroit, United States of America Dom Dominique CATTA: "From Solesmes to Ker Moussa. An example of inculturation in Africa" Prior ÂÂ Abbey of Ker Moussa, Senegal 17.30 Discussion Saturday 27 January Relations with institutions and society: commissioning, publishing and teaching sacred music. morning 9.00 ÂÂ 11.00 Presiding Mimma GUASTONI Vice-Administrator ÂÂ Musica per Roma Moderator Agostino ZIINO Member of the Academy of Saint Cecilia ÂÂ Professor of the History of Music ÂÂ University of Tor Vergata - Rome, Italy 9.00 Introductory meditation Claudio DallÂÂAlbero will conduct the Santa Cecilia Polyphonic Choir 9.10 Introduction Mimma GUASTONI Vice-Administrator ÂÂ Musica per Roma 9.20 Talks Michele DALLÂÂONGARO: "A future for sacred music: teaching and commissioning" Composer and consultant for music programmes at Rai-RadioTre - Rome, Italy Jean-Paul LÉCOT: "Congregational singing: a great opportunity for liturgy" Musical director and organist at the Shrine of Lourdes - France Peter RYOM: "Lutheran hymns in the cultures of Scandinavia" Musicologist ÂÂ Copenhagen, Denmark Sister ANNA: "Sacred music in the Russian Orthodox Church" Monastery of Saint Nicholas ÂÂ Kaliningrad, Russian Federation 10.40 Discussion 11.00 Conclusion
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