Messa per Papa Celestino V (2025)

Mass for Pope Celestino V (2025)

Music and Poems by Larry Alan Smith

Click on the following link to view the 24-page program booklet for the Sulmona and Pescara, Italy performances. The work consists of six poems and thirteen movements of music. All of the Italian, Latin and Greek texts are included with English translations. In the case of my poems, the English versions are the originals. It should be noted that I have written these poems in the imagined voice of Papa Celestino V.

Messa per Papa Celestino V – FINAL PROGRAM – December 2025

Three recordings of the two premiere performances appear below. The video and audio recordings of the Sulmona performance are continuous, but the start times of the 19 individual movements are provided for each recording. The documentation of the Pescara performance consists of 19 separate audio recordings, and these can be used to quickly locate a specific movement. Please note: The acoustics of the Sulmona theatre and the Pescara auditorium are significantly different.

VIDEO RECORDING of the first performance in Sulmona, Italy on December 14, 2025. The timings, listed in the area below the video recording, will enable viewers to find each of the 19 movements.

  1. Solitudine I (Lauds) – 0:00
  2. Poesia I – 5:23
  3. Kyrie eleison – 6:38
  4. Aria I (Soprano) – Salmo 148: 1-13 – 14:45
  5. Poesia II – 20:11
  6. Gloria in excelsis Deo – 21:31
  7. Solitudine II – 27:55
  8. Aria II (Basso-baritono) – Salmo 24: 1-5 & 7-10 – 32:11
  9. Poesia III – 37:28
  10. Credo in unum Deum – 38:44
  11. Aria III (Soprano) – Salmo 23 – 45:09
  12. Poesia IV – 49:42
  13. Solitudine III – 51:15
  14. Poesia V – 56:07
  15. Sanctus – 57:05
  16. Aria IV (Basso-baritono) – Salmo 98 – 1:02:18
  17. Poesia VI – 1:06:04
  18. Agnus Dei – 1:07:48
  19. Solitudine IV – 1:13:28

AUDIO RECORDING of the first performance in Sulmona, Italy on December 14, 2025. Once again, the timings, listed in the area below the audio recording, will enable visitors to find each of the 19 movements.

  1. Solitudine I (Lauds) – 0:00
  2. Poesia I – 6:01
  3. Kyrie eleison – 7:19
  4. Aria I (Soprano) – Salmo 148: 1-13 – 15:27
  5. Poesia II – 21:15
  6. Gloria in excelsis Deo – 22:42
  7. Solitudine II – 29:26
  8. Aria II (Basso-baritono) – Salmo 24: 1-5 & 7-10 – 34:00
  9. Poesia III – 39:34
  10. Credo in unum Deum – 40:50
  11. Aria III (Soprano) – Salmo 23 – 47:41
  12. Poesia IV – 52:27
  13. Solitudine III – 54:00
  14. Poesia V – 59:13
  15. Sanctus – 1:00:11
  16. Aria IV (Basso-baritono) – Salmo 98 – 1:05:48
  17. Poesia VI – 1:09:56
  18. Agnus Dei – 1:11:40
  19. Solitudine IV – 1:17:33

AUDIO RECORDING of the second performance in Pescara, Italy on December 15, 2025. In this version, the 19 movements are listed separately.

  1. Solitudine I (Lauds)

2. Poesia I

3. Kyrie eleison

4. Aria I (Soprano) – Salmo 148: 1-13

5. Poesia II

6. Gloria in excelsis Deo

7. Solitudine II

8. Aria II (Basso-baritono) – Salmo 24: 1-5 & 7-10

9. Poesia III

10. Credo in unum Deum

11. Aria III (Soprano) – Salmo 23

12. Poesia IV

13. Solitudine III

14. Poesia V

15. Sanctus

16. Aria IV (Basso-baritono) – Salmo 98

17. Poesia VI

18. Agnus Dei

19. Solitudine IV

For more information about the Mass and the premiere performances that took place in December 2025, click here.