Schola of the Basilica of the National Shrine

of the Immaculate Conception

Grant Us Peace, O LordChoral Meditations in Remembrance

of the Faithful Departed

Grant Us Peace, O LOrdchOraL MeditatiOns in reMeMbrance

Of the faithfUL deParted

schOLa Of the basiLica Of the natiOnaL shrineOf the iMMacULate cOncePtiOn

Peter Latona, conductorBenjamin LaPrairie, organist

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Blessed Are The Pure in Heart Peter Latonab. 1968

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.Blessed are they who suffer persecution for the sake of righteousness,for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

O blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.O blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

O blessed are the meek,for they shall inherit the earth.O blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

O blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.O blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

O blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.O blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

O blessed are you when the world reviles you and persecutes you and utters all manner of evil against you for my sake.Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven.

(Matthew 5: 3-12)

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Like as the Hart Healey Willan 1880-1968

Like as the hart desireth the water brooks,So longeth my soul after Thee, O God.My soul is athirst for God, yea, even for the living God;When shall I come to appear before the presence of God.Like as the hart desireth the water brooks,So longeth my soul after Thee, O God.

(Psalm 42: 1-2)

Like a Deer That Yearns for Running Streams Peter Latona b. 1968

Like a deer that yearns for running streams,My soul longs for you, my God.

My soul thirsts for God, the living GodWhen can I enter and see the face of God?My tears have been my meat day and night, As they ask me every day, “where is your God?”

Those times as I recall I poured out my soulWhen I would cross over to the shrine of the Mighty One, to the house of God,Amid loud cries of thanksgiving,With the multitude keeping festival.

Deep calls to deep in the roar of your torrents,And all your waves and breakers sweep over me. By day may the Lord send his mercy, And by night may his righteousness be with me! I will pray to the God of my life.

Why are you downcast, my soul, Why do you groan within me? Wait for God, for I shall again praise him,My Savior and my God.

(Psalm 42: 1, 2-3, 4, 7-8, 11)

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Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Johann Sebastian Bach1685-1750

Jesu, joy of man’s desiring, Holy wisdom, love most bright,Drawn by thee, our souls aspiring Soar to uncreated light.Word of God, our flesh that fashioned With the fire of life impassioned,Striving still to truth unknown, Soaring, dying, round thy throne.

Through the way where hope is guiding, Hark, what peaceful music rings.Where the flock in thee confiding Drink of joy from deathless springs!Theirs is beauty’s fairest pleasure, Theirs is wisdom’s holiest treasure.Thou dost ever led thine own In the love of joys unknown.

(M. Jahn, c. 1682; trans. anonymous)

The Eyes of All Jean Berger1909-2002

The eyes of all wait upon Thee;and thou givest them their meat in due season.Thou openest thy hand:and satisfieth the desire of every living thing.The eyes of all wait upon Thee;and thou givest them their meat in due season.

(Psalm 145: 15-16)

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Sicut cervus Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina1525-1594

Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum, As the deer longs for running streams,ita desiderat anima mea ad te Deus. so my soul longs for thee, O God.

(Psalm 42: 1)

Variation IX “Nimrod” from Enigma Variations, Op. 36 Edward Elgar 1857-1934

Beati quorum via Charles Villiers Stanford1852-1924

Beati quorum via integra est: Happy are those whose path is blameless,Qui ambulant in lege Domini. who walk in the law of the Lord.

(Psalm 119:1)

Da nobis pacem Felix Mendelssohn 1809-1847

Da nobis pacem domine, da pacem perdurare, nam nullus est qui valide pro nobis possit starequam tu, nostra spes et salus.

Give us peace, Lord, a lasting peace,No one but You can fight for usFor Thou art our hope and our salvation.

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My Song Shall Be Alway of the Loving-Kindness of the Lord Gerald Nearb. 1942

My song shall be alway of the loving-kindness of the Lord.With my mouth will I show forth thy truth.For I have said, “mercy is set up forever;thy truth shalt thou stablish in the heavens.”

(Psalm 89:1-2)

Thy Perfect Love John Rutterb. 1945

Jesu, my love, my joy, my rest,Thy perfect love close in my breastThat I thee love and never rest;And make me love thee of all thinge best,And wounde my heart in thy love free,That I may reign in joy evermore with thee.

(15th Century)

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Come and Taste Alice Parkerb. 1925

Come and taste along with me consolation flowing free,from the Father’s wealthy throne, sweeter than the honeycomb.

I’ll praise God and you praise God, and we’ll all praise God together;we’ll praise the Lord for the work that he has done, and we’ll bless his Name forever.

All that come with free good will make the banquet sweeter still;now I go to mercy’s door, asking for a little more.

Goodness, running like a stream through the new Jerusalem,by a constant breaking forth sweetens earth and heaven both.

O, return, ye sons of grace, turn and see God’s smiling face.Hark, he calls backsliders home, then from him no longer roam.

(Text: John Leland)

v. In Paradisum from Ten Preludes on Gregorian Chant Melodies Gerald Near b. 1942

Verily, Verily I Say Unto You Thomas Tallis1505-1585

Verily, verily, I say unto you:except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man,and drink his blood,ye have no life in you.Whoso eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood,hath eternal life;and I will raise him up at the last day.

For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood,dwelleth in me, and I in him.

(John 6:53-56)

Pie Jesu from Requiem, Op. 48 Gabriel Fauré1845-1924

Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem, Blessed Lord Jesu, grant them rest,sempiternam requiem. eternal rest.

Katie Baughman, Soprano

Bring Us, O Lord God William Henry Harris1883-1974

Bring us, O Lord God, at our last awakening into the house and gate of heav’nto enter into that gate and dwell in that house, where there shall be no darkness nor dazzling, but one equal light; no noise or silence, but one equal music,no fears nor hopes,but one equal possession, no ends nor beginnings, but one equal eternity;in the habitation of thy glory and domain, world without end. Amen.

(Text: John Donne)

Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544 Johann Sebastian Bach1685-1750

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PETER LATONA (b. 1968) is the Music Director for the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Washington, D.C.), the pre-eminent Marian shrine of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. Recognized as a conductor, composer, organist, improviser and teacher, he is dedicated to providing sacred music at the highest standard within the context of the Roman Catholic Liturgy.

An award-winning organist, Dr. Latona has performed throughout the United States, Europe and the Holy Land, has presented workshops on improvisation, and has released a recording, An Organ Pilgrimage, on the Raven label, featuring all four pipe organs at the Basilica. In 2012 he performed to an audience of one thousand having been invited as a featured artist for the Festspiele Europaische Wochen in Passau, Germany. As the conductor of the Choir of the Basilica, he released numerous recordings of sacred choral music, presented concerts in the United States and abroad, performed nationally for the American Guild of Organists, National Pastoral Musicians Association, Conference of Roman Catholic Cathedrals, Church Music Association of America and internationally as a featured conductor in the Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra. Among the recently completed recording projects is Tu es Petrus: A Papal Tribute in Music which commemorates the Papacy of Pope Benedict XVI and celebrates the Petrine ministry of Pope Francis and Te Deum: The Sacred Music of Peter Latona which was commissioned by the Knights of Columbus and features many of the works composed by Dr. Latona for the National Shrine. Active as a composer, Dr. Latona is published by Morningstar Music Publishers as well as Canticanova Publications, and G.I.A. His music has been featured in various media productions including Fr. Barron’s well-known series Catholicism. He recently won first prize in a composition competition sponsored by the Conference of Roman Catholic Cathedral Musicians for his Priests of God/Servants of God and Go into All the World. He has received commissions from the Knights of Columbus, Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, the Diocese of Helena, as well as by the Archdioceses of Washington, New York and Philadelphia. His music was performed during the Apostolic visit of His Holiness Benedict XVI to the United States in 2008 and in each city visited by Pope Francis during his 2015 Apostolic visit to the United States. In recognition of this, Dr. Latona was awarded the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal by Pope Francis. Dr. Latona also serves on the composition faculty of The Catholic University of America Benjamin T. Rome School of Music.

Dr. Latona is a graduate of Bucknell University (B. Mus.), the Yale School of Music (M. Mus.), and the Manhattan School of Music (D.M.A.).

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BENJAMIN LAPRAIRIE serves as Associate Director of Music at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Since 2011, he has assisted in the leadership of the music department and has regularly accompanied daily, Sunday, and other special Masses throughout the year. Notable liturgies include the Canonization Mass of Saint Junípero Serra, celebrated by Pope Francis, and the Funeral Mass of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. In May of 2019, Benjamin performed with the Choir of the Basilica in concerts and liturgies in Rome for the commemoration of 35 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Holy See. Previously posts include Principal Organist at St. Dominic Catholic Church in Washington, D.C., and Director of Music at St. Patrick Catholic Church in St. Charles, Illinois.

As a composer, Benjamin’s works have been performed by the Choir, Brass, and Orchestra of the Basilica, and have been recorded and broadcast worldwide on EWTN, Salt & Light Media, and CatholicTV. His setting of Christus Vincit was premiered upon the entrance of Pope Francis into the Great Upper Church of the National Shrine in September of 2015. Recent works include a new setting of Ye Sons and Daughters for the Choir and Orchestra of the Basilica, and a setting of Joy to the World for the choirs and orchestra of the Catholic University of America. As an organist, Benjamin has performed throughout the United States and abroad, and has been featured as a soloist with the Pine Mountain Music Festival, at the Kimball Organ of Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ, and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC in a performance of Louis Vierne’s Messe Solennelle. Upcoming concerts include the organ rededication series at St. Matthew Cathedral in Washington, DC, and the Eccles Organ Festival at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, UT.

A native of Michigan, Benjamin is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theater, and Dance, where he studied organ with Robert Glasgow. He received a Master of Music degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music, where he studied organ with John Walker, and was the recipient of the Bruce R. Eicher Prize in Organ. In the fall of 2019, Benjamin was appointed Lecturer in Organ for The Catholic University of America Rome School of Music, Drama, and Art.

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Soprano Tenor

Katie Baughman Dennys MouraJulie Bosworth Jacob PerryKyle Leigh CarneySara MacKimmie

Alto Bass Hannah Baslee Corbin PhillipsP. Lucy McVeigh Gilbert Spencer

THE CHOIR OF THE BASILICA is the resident choir of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Washington, DC). The choir is comprised of twenty-four professional singers from the greater Washington metropolitan area and is dedicated to providing excellence in sacred choral music in the context of Liturgy throughout the Liturgical Year. The choir is engaged in almost one hundred performances each year, and prepares approximately three hundred works each season drawn from the wealth of the Roman Catholic sacred music tradition. In addition to performing choral literature from the vast treasury of sacred music, the choir champions newly composed works and has given numerous premiers including Henryk Gorecki’s Pod twoja obrone (North American premiere) and James MacMillan Tota pulchra es (world premiere).

The choir maintains an active recording schedule and their performances have been broadcast throughout the world on the Eternal Word Television Network, NPR, WAOB Radio, Salt and Light, and the Catholic Channel on Sirius XM. The choir has been featured at numerous festivals and conferences including the International Festival of Sacred Music and Art in Rome, the National Conventions of the American Guild of Organists, the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, the Conference of Roman Catholic Cathedral Musicians, and the American Choral Directors Association.

The choir has performed for dignitaries and heads of states including during the apostolic visits of Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis in 2008 and 2015 respectively.

Visit us at www.nationalshrine.org; www.facebook.com/nationalshrinemusic.

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dePartMent Of MUsic

Peter J. Latona, D.M.A.Director of Music

Benjamin J. LaPrairie, M.M.Associate Director of Music

Andrew Vu, M.M.Assistant Director of Music

Robert Grogan, D.M.A.Organist Emeritus and Carillonneur

Sara MacKimmie, Andrew Whitmore, Vincent FungAdministrative Assistants

Gilbert SpencerChoir Manager

basiLica Of the natiOnaL shrine Of the iMMacULate cOncePtiOnRev. Msgr. Walter R. Rossi, Rector

400 Michigan Avenue, NE • Washington, DC 20017-1566(202) 526-8300 • www.nationalshrine.com