2018 - XVII Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra

Papal Basilica St. Paul Outside the Walls 
Inaugural Concert
Kim Andrè Arnesen, So That The World May Believe and Holy Spirit Mass
Together in Hope Choir (U.S.A)
Trondheim Soloists (Norway)
Mark Stover and Teri Larson, Conductors

Saturday, 10th November 2018 
Papal Basilica St. Peter in the Vatican
At 4 pm
Spiritual Elevation 
Charles Gounod, Messe solennelle de Sainte-Cécile 
Illuminart Philharmonic Orchestra and Illuminart Chorus (Japan)
Tomomi Nishimoto, Conductor
Misaki Takahashi, Soprano
Takako Nogami, Mezzosoprano
Naoki Nizuka, Tenor
Takashi Mashu, Baritone

At 5 pm
Holy Mass celebrated by His Eminence Cardinal Angelo Comastri
St. Petersburg State Capella Choir (Russian Federation)
Vladislav Chernushenko, Conductor
Orasho
Illuminart Chorus (Japan)
Tomomi Nishimoto, Conductor 

Papal Basilica St. Paul Outside the Walls
Giuseppe Verdi, Messa da Requiem
Illuminart Philharmonic Orchestra and Illuminart Chorus (Japan)
Tomomi Nishimoto, Conductor
Misaki Takahashi, Soprano
Takako Nogami, Mezzosoprano
Naoki Nizuka, Tenor
Takashi Mashu, Baritone

Papal Basilica St. Mary Major
Spiritual Choral Music from Russia 
St. Petersburg State Capella Choir (Russian Federation)
Vladislav Chernushenko, Conductor
Tuesday, 13th November 2018 at 9 pm
Papal Basilica St. Paul Outside the Walls
Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 4 in G major

Chamber Music Concert of Members of the Vienna Philharmonics (Austria)
Mojca Erdmann, Soprano

Basilica St. John in Lateran
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Requiem in D minor K 626
Wiener Singverein (Austria)
Philharmonie der Nationen 
Justus Frantz, Conductor
Soojin Moon Sebastian, Soprano
Qiulin Zhang, Contralto
Paulo Ferreira, Tenor
Germàn Olvera, Baritone